I did go a bit wild. The things I didn't go for (what few of them there were) I mostly now wish I had. Oh well, next time I will have to go fully loaded.
0-60 should be approx 5.9 secs as it is supposed to take 0.5 secs of the time. I'm not too concerned about economy and in all honesty have not seen any improvement in that dept. In fact I think it is worse on the motorway whereas they say economy should improve with it.
Absolutely, it completes the high pressure Blue Efficiency range, so makes logical sense to fit this to the Coupe too.
I wouldn't trust a car sales exec divulging what is coming out soon. He needs to sell cars TODAY, so is hardly likely to tell potential customers of a newer improved version on it's way. I doubt they get any release info much before public anouncement anyway, in fact a mate that ordered his new car asked whether his would be the face lift version, and the sales exec knew nothing of a face lift, and had to be shown the public info.
though!
New engines are also shown on MB Germany's web page http://www.mercedes-benz.de/content/germany/mpc/mpc_germany_website/de/home_mpc/passengercars/home/new_cars/models/e-class/_s212/facts/technical_data.html. It is perplexing that the newer BlueTec engine is more expensive and yet worse off in nearly every specification; but this is all done in the interest of reduced NOx emmisions - see Consumer Reports Cars Blog: How Mercedes.
The bit that I am ****** about is the upgrade to the standard E350 BlueEfficiency engine, which has 15% more torque and 12% more power; with reduced CO2 and improved economy. It grates me that this is within weeks of my taking delivery.
I understand manufacturers improve engines regularly; my 2007 XC90 is trapped in a £400+ VED band - a year later Volvo revised _only_ the CO2 figure for the car (£200;ish VED band). Every other figure stayed the same; except the car's weight, which _increased_!
This VED banding system is IMO driving bad manufacturer behaviour - the figures are so massaged it is ridiculous. The headline CO2 is achieved at unrealistic driving conditions; and the car could pollute like hell when driven normally.
Understanding how and why doesn't stop me feeling
New engines are also shown on MB Germany's web page http://www.mercedes-benz.de/content/germany/mpc/mpc_germany_website/de/home_mpc/passengercars/home/new_cars/models/e-class/_s212/facts/technical_data.html. It is perplexing that the newer BlueTec engine is more expensive and yet worse off in nearly every specification; but this is all done in the interest of reduced NOx emmisions - see Consumer Reports Cars Blog: How Mercedes.
The bit that I am ****** about is the upgrade to the standard E350 BlueEfficiency engine, which has 15% more torque and 12% more power; with reduced CO2 and improved economy. It grates me that this is within weeks of my taking delivery.
I understand manufacturers improve engines regularly; my 2007 XC90 is trapped in a £400+ VED band - a year later Volvo revised _only_ the CO2 figure for the car (£200;ish VED band). Every other figure stayed the same; except the car's weight, which _increased_!
This VED banding system is IMO driving bad manufacturer behaviour - the figures are so massaged it is ridiculous. The headline CO2 is achieved at unrealistic driving conditions; and the car could pollute like hell when driven normally.
Understanding how and why doesn't stop me feeling
It's even worse for you given you have only had your car 2 weeks. This is all a load of pants and I'm really angry with MB about this. I feel it is out of character for MB to make a change in the engines this early into a new model of car but I put it down to the reason that the competition from the other big brands has forced them to do this.
