Driving Impression: C 320 CDI & 350 (4Car)

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Feb 8, 2005 | 09:36 AM

ayilar

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Driving Impression: C 320 CDI & 350 (4Car)

There is a three-page review of the new models at 4Car:

http://www.channel4.com/4car/road-te...i/320-cdi.html

Cheers!

Feb 8, 2005 | 11:22 AM

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There is a three-page review of the new models at 4Car:

http://www.channel4.com/4car/road-te...i/320-cdi.html

Cheers!

Nice article, especially concerning the new diesel engine. I have always thought it was a shame that we in the US don't encourage more diesels for our cars (as opposed to trucks) since they have advanced so much over the years.

Feb 8, 2005 | 02:29 PM

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Perhaps with the new, cleaner diesel engines. I'll pass on the older ones, though.

The EU last December released a study that made headlines in Europe about the health implications of exposure to emissions of particulate matters (a ppt is available here). In short, PM emissions are cutting the current average life expectancy by about 9 months in the EU overall, and by up to 1–2 years in some member states. Even with expected emission reductions, by 2020 a European's life expectancy is still expected to 5 months shorter than it otherwise would be.

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Feb 8, 2005 | 07:49 PM

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7G automatic??

Anyone knows if the 06 C-Class will all have the 7G instead of the 5 speed auto?

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Feb 8, 2005 | 11:09 PM

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First I've seen anything about the V6 CDI...looks impressive. Now if they could only do something about reliability.

Feb 8, 2005 | 11:47 PM

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Thanks for posting the link to the article.

While the article itself is interesting,apparently the writer isn't much of a gearhead:

"The turbodiesel is an extremely advanced piece of machinery, featuring a third-generation commonrail injection system with piezo-electric injectors, an aluminium-crank, a 24-valve head and electrically adjusted turbocharger vanes."

I hope the aluminum crank is either a typo or something other than the crankshaft.

Feb 9, 2005 | 02:49 PM

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First I've seen anything about the V6 CDI...looks impressive. Now if they could only do something about reliability.

reliability???

65% of new cars selled in Europe are diesel, they are more expensive than the petrol ones, but the engine run more miles,the return vallue is higher and the running costs are less than with a petrol one, specially the fuel, and they run like hell (I have a new Audi A6 3.0 V6 TDI with 225bhp similliar to the C320cdi and it performance much better than a 3.2 one with 250bhp!!!)