For now, powertrain options are limited to the V6, but Mercedes will offer its GLK250
BlueTec diesel version of the GLK sometime early next year.
Down the road, the M - Class boasts excellent resale value, with the ML350
BlueTEC diesel version commanding the highest dollar.
Watch for
the Bluetec diesel version in March and an all - wheel - drive wagon in June.
Initially just C 200 petrol and C 220
BlueTEC diesel versions were available, both with four - cylinder engines and six - speed manual or seven - speed auto boxes.
Not exact matches
The petrol
version of the Mercedes GL500 is going to sell in tiny numbers in the UK, but it's a better driver's car than its
Bluetec diesel sister
And while the monster G55 AMG
version will always grab the headlines, the G350
Bluetec diesel is torque - rich and much better suited to the boxy Wagen's more utilitarian nature.
There is also a
diesel - powered S350
BlueTEC version, a hybrid S400 with a 20 - kilowatt electric motor and 306 hp (228 kW) V6 engine, a
diesel - electric hybrid S300
BlueTEC.
Surprisingly, a Nissan - rooted 1,6 liter
diesel, modified for the Mercedes brand demands, works in the C 180
BlueTec and C 200
BlueTec versions.
We got to pilot two new C - class
versions, both Euro - spec: the C250
BlueTec diesel and a C400 4Matic.
The production
version of the car is going to use a 2.2 L four - cylinder
Bluetec diesel engine mated to a mild - hybrid system that together should produce about 204 horsepower.
Mercedes - Benz has also utilized their class - leading
diesel engine technology to deliver all - year driving excellence with another
version of their S - Class, the S 350
BlueTEC 4MATIC.
If you give credit to autoevolution, the tuner took the decision to go for an older model in order to benefit from the V8 feel that totally lacks now with the new latest - generation G - Class
diesel version, named G 350
BlueTEC.
No performance or consumption claims for U.S.
versions of the new
diesel have yet been made official, but the European GLK250
Bluetec, which develops an added 11 hp, is claimed to hit 62 mph in 8.0 seconds, reach a top speed of 131 mph and return an the equivalent of 38.6 mpg (U.S.) on the European test cycle.
There'll also be 4Matic all - wheel drive
versions and a C 300
BlueTec diesel - hybrid with a four - cylinder
diesel engine and an electric motor (204 +27 hp, 3.9 litres per 100 km).
Coming soon are a new 1.6 litre force - inducted four - cylinder
diesel (115 hp / 280 Nm and 136 hp / 320 Nm states of tune), an updated
version of the proven 2.2 litre four - cylinder
diesel (ranging from 115 to 204 hp) and a BlueEfficiency edition of the C 220
BlueTec diesel.