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Mercedes-Benz officials have announced that they will be introducing a new range of engines, along with its latest A-Class, in Europe, three of which are petrol and two are diesel.
When it comes to the new petrol engines, they come in 1.6- and 2.0-liter forms and all are turbocharged and feature direct injection, with power outputs ranging from 122hp to 211hp. They get a whole range of emissions and performance tweaks to make the engine that little bit more appealing for the European market, as it gets stop/start, CAMTRONIC technology on the 1.6-liter motor (achieving earlier intake cut-off and valve lift adjustment, in order to reduce throttle loss under part throttle), rapid multi-spark ignition and new piezo fuel injectors for a more controlled and efficient combustion. All these new technologies give the engines very good fuel economy figures of 5.5l/100km (43 US mpg) for the 1.6 and 6.1 l/100km (39 US mpg) for the 2.0-liter.
The diesel engines, a 109 hp 1.8-liter and a 170hp 2.2-liter, are said to deliver considerably improved economy over their predecessors, with the first engine achieving 3.8l/100km (62 US mpg) and 98 g/km CO2, while the latter achieves 4.3l/100km (55 US mpg) and 112 g/km CO2. The smaller engine is the only engine of the two to still be offered with a six-speed manual gearbox, and, as an option, one can specify the 7-speed autobox which comes as standard on the larger engine.
With BMW currently having the world’s most efficient and advanced engines, Mercedes were bound to attempt to start catching up. Current Mercedes sales in Europe aren’t as strong as they could be due to the relatively old-fashioned volume engines they are currently using, and this new generation of smaller and more efficient powerplants is definitely a step in the right direction for the German manufacturer.
The diesel engines, a 109 hp 1.8-liter and a 170hp 2.2-liter, are said to deliver considerably improved economy over their predecessors, with the first engine achieving 3.8l/100km (62 US mpg) and 98 g/km CO2, while the latter achieves 4.3l/100km (55 US mpg) and 112 g/km CO2. The smaller engine is the only engine of the two to still be offered with a six-speed manual gearbox, and, as an option, one can specify the 7-speed autobox which comes as standard on the larger engine.
With BMW currently having the world’s most efficient and advanced engines, Mercedes were bound to attempt to start catching up. Current Mercedes sales in Europe aren’t as strong as they could be due to the relatively old-fashioned volume engines they are currently using, and this new generation of smaller and more efficient powerplants is definitely a step in the right direction for the German manufacturer.
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