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Mercedes adds two new BlueEfficiency GLK models

Mercedes Benz is adding two new BlueEfficiency variants to is compact GLK crossover. Both are powered by versions of Mercedes' new 2.2-liter four cylinder diesel engine. The rear wheel drive 220 CDI gets the 170 hp variant while the all wheel drive 250 CDI 4Matic gets the more powerful dual turbo 204 hp unit. The RWD 220 gets as much as 39.2 mpg (U.S.) combined on the EU driving cycle with CO2 emissions of 158 g/km. This model can get to 62 mph in 8.5 seconds. The more powerful AWD version cuts that acceleration time to 7 seconds while ... Read more →

1990 Mercedes 190 D upgraded to new BlueEFFICIENCY engine, jumps from 32 to 48 mpg Sebastian Blanco

There are a lot of ways to convert an older, dirtier car to something that uses less fuel. Most often, if you're going to start with an old diesel Mercedes, you want to add an SVO system. If you ...

New Mercedes E-Class Coupe couples low drag coefficient to efficient engines Noah Joseph

You can have all the most efficient engines in the world, but if you're trying to drive a barn through a hurricane they are not going to help one bit. Mercedes knows that, which is why, in ...

Mercedes-Benz C 180 KOMPRESSOR BlueEFFICIENCY coming to UK with no price increase Sebastian Blanco

UK luxury car buyers have a new, more fuel-efficient option in the sedan category. Mercedes-Benz has updated the C-Class to include the BlueEFFICIENCY technology and the C 180 KOMPRESSOR ...

C 350 CGI BlueEFFICIENCY: 28 mpg in a large petrol sedan Sebastian Blanco

The second-generation C 350 CGI BlueEFFICIENCY was introduced today by Mercedes in Stuttgart. This is the fourth BlueEFFICIENCY model (following the A 160 CDI, the C 250 CDI and the S 320 CDI) ...

Mercedes C 250 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY Prime Edition 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Mercedes today released a boatload of information on the new C 250 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY Prime Edition which will house the company's totally redesigned four-cylinder diesel engine coming to Europe later this fall. The new engine displaces 2.2 liters and produces 150 kW / 204 hp and 500 Nm of ...

Mercedes launches C-Class Blue Efficiency 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

As announced for the A and B-series, Mercedes is naming its environmental line Blue Efficiency. MB's compact sedans, the C-Series, will now get the Blue Efficiency treatment. They will be offered with two engine versions, the C180 Kompressor (gasoline) and the C200 CDI (diesel). Both versions are ...

Mercedes-Benz introduces new 52mpg A 160 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click to enlarge This fall, Mercedes-Benz will offer a new A-Class coupe - the A 160 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY - that gets 52mpg (U.S.). In the NEDC consumption calculation, the car comes in at 4.5 litres of fuel per 100 kilometres and emits just 119 grams of CO2 per kilometer. Those are the best ratings ...

New Mercedes-Benz A and B-Class models have start/stop, BlueEffieciency 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click to enlarge Mercedes-Benz premiered two new models - updated A and B Class vehicles - at the Auto Mobil International exhibition in Leipzig. When the B Class was previewed last month, we learned it would get a start-stop "mini hybrid" system as well as a BlueEFFICIENCY option. The A Class 150 ...

Mercedes Benz: Blue Efficiency package will be available in every class, model series 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

BlueEfficiency, a very wide selection of green automotive technologies introduced by Mercedes at the Geneva Motor Show, will be available as an option for every single Mercedes Benz automobile. Dr. Thomas Weber, head of supervisory board at Daimler, tells CNBC "we will roll out this technology ...

Geneva 2008: Photos of the Mercedes BlueEfficiency on the stand 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click to enlarge Aside from the flying members of the Great Chinese State Circus, who presented an extract from their European tour show of Swan Lake, the stars of the Mercedes stage at the Geneva Motor Show were the C 350 CGi BlueEFFICIENCY and the Vision GLK BlueTEC Hybrid. Joining the acrobats ...

More pictures of the BlueEFFICIENCY C-Class 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

When Mercedes officially announced the BlueEFFICIENCY line of C-Class luxury sedans the other day, the company only showed us one picture: this one. Soon after, we got a small handful of other images, all of them highlighting the BlueEFFICIENCY traits of better engines, improved aerodynamics and ...

Geneva '08 preview: Mercedes' new BlueEFFICIENCY C-Class saloons; one gets 46 mpg! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Mercedes' C-Class luxury compact class just got a little greener. Well, since this is Daimler we're talking about, the correct term is bluer. Mercedes announced today the introduction of BlueEFFICIENCY, a combination of better engines, improved aerodynamics (.25 Cd!), lighter weights and smoother ...


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