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Mercedes-Benz C250 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY Special Feature: The New Four-Cylinder Diesel Engine Generati |
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The basic character of the new four-cylinder diesel generation from
Mercedes-Benz can be described in just a few superlatives: greater power,
greater economy, greater cleanliness. The new power unit from the
Untertürkheim plant needs to be explained at greater length to be fully
appreciated, however. It really does charter territory from which diesel
engines – and four-cylinder units particularly so – have previously been
excluded. It redefines standards for power output and torque on the one
hand and for fuel consumption and exhaust emissions on the other, setting
benchmark figures which no other comparable series-production engine is
able to match at the current time. Read more
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