With both cars priced similarly, it's the Vento DSG we would
pick over the diesel City for the gearbox alone.
Not exact matches
Big Trucks were also big news at the event, and with most everything imaginable done to
pick - ups, builders turned their creative efforts to 1950s - era, over-the-road big rigs, ton and ton and a half behemoths with modern
diesels turning at least one turbocharger, 30s era shells built to support a cooling system under the hood so that a mid-engine
diesel could sit behind it, duallies spinning enough rubber to shoe twenty Minis, school buses both short and long, a whole row of utility vans, and the ever popular fast and bulbous cab -
overs.
The one we had to for testing was the top of the line
diesel offering, the GLA 220d 4Matic with the seven - speed automatic gearbox, probably the
pick of the range as it blends strong performance with good efficiency too - it kicks off at just
over $ 39,000 here.
The main difference with the AMG Mercs is the
pick up when you boot it, the fast
diesel cars just don't
pick up and
over taking becomes a risk.
Despite some
diesel clatter, and the $ 3000 premium
over the petrol engine, the 2.2 - litre turbo -
diesel with six - speed auto is arguably the
pick of the powertrains, which also includes a 110kW / 197Nm 2.0 - litre petrol engine.