Mercedes bringing two E-class hybrids, one diesel powered

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Mercedes bringing two E-class hybrids, one diesel powered

Postby azi malik on Fri Dec 23, 2011 9:46 pm

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The Detroit Auto Show is shaping up to be a full-fledged green event. Looks like there are now two more efficiency-minded vehicles to add to the list: an E-Class hybrid and a diesel hybrid E-Class from Mercedes-Benz.

The diesel-burning E300 Bluetec Hybrid is obviously the more efficient of the two. If numbers reported by AutoBild are accurate, it will get 56 miles per gallon (on the European scale, probably something like 45 mpg here) while the standard petrol-powered E400 Hybrid will manage only 27 mpg (U.S. scale). Both vehicles will use a 0.8-kWh lithium-ion battery and a 7G-Tronic transmission.

Mercedes already has the S400 Hybrid and the news that Mercedes would produce the E300 Bluetec Hybrid was confirmed back in May. Even though AutoBild's report says we'll see the diesel-hybrid debut in Detroit, we still don't have any more of an inkling that we'll see it for sale anywhere outside of Europe. We'll be on the lookout for complete details from Cobo Hall in the very near future.
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