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Mercedes-Benz E250 CDI & C220 CDI Blue Efficiency – Geneva 2010

By Matt Brogan |

Mercedes-Benz has launched two new BlueEfficiency models at the Geneva Motor Show with its new C- and E-Class models on display.

Both cars are powered by Mercedes-Benz’s 2.2-litre four-cylinder turbo-diesel engine, though power outputs vary between models with the C220 CDI scoring a 127kW/399Nm and the E250 CDI gaining a 152kW/500Nm offering.

The engines have been revised for even greater efficiency with improvements that include a reduced mass crankshaft (by cutting the number of counterweights from eight to four), better oil pressure regulation and revised turbocharged that reduces parasitic loss.

Both models also get an automatic start-stop system for the first time with a seven-speed automatic transmission.

As you’d expect, fuel efficiency is also very impressed with the C220 CDI achieving a combined figure of 4.51L/100 and the E250 CDI 4.91L/100km. CO2 figures are 119g/km and 129g.km respectively.

The two new Mercedes-Benz variants will go on sale in Europe from Q2.


 
  • ABMPSV

    Excellent cars. My Jazz use more fuel and is much smaller!

    • Frenchie

      Off the lights your Jazz is probably quicker and is easier to park!

  • TomR

    WHY DID THEY CUT COUNTERWEIGHTS OFF THE CRANKSHAFT???
    thats really bad for reliability and smoothness? Im a massive fan of a fully balanced crankshaft and I just cant see how they can justify the advantage of that…

  • Neo Utopia

    Nice achievement Mercedes-Benz. See, more sustainable luxury motoring is possible.

    • Shak

      yeah when you charge through the nose for it.

  • XYZ

    I hope Merc will eventually sell the C250 CGi in Australia. The C200 is underpowered and the C300 is overpriced. No other petrol engine in between the wide gap unless the C250 CGi arrives.

    • Monster

      The C250 CGI will be in Australia next month.

  • F1MotoGP

    Good size car with excellent fuel economy. I remember 5 years ago when the new 320CDI come out they run 3 new cars in Texas high speed circuit non stop for 30 days. Each car done 100,000 km with avg speed of 225.903 km/h. After cars did a fuel economy run. Full tank and they managed to do 1672km with avg fuel economy 4,75L/100km.

  • http://www.sydneymercedes.com.au Mercedes-Benz Sydney

    One of my friends doesn’t even get fuel consumption that good from his motorbike! It’s a shame that diesel fuel is more expensive to buy than petrol, but these engines are obviously designed to make the decision for diesel an easier one.

    • ABMPSV

      I do not in Sydney but in Melbourne diesel on average is cheaper than petrol.

  • Stephen

    Gents,

    When will these versions be introduced here?

    Cheers,

    Stephen