I just test drove the new V6 CDI last week, MB let me have it for a weekend and 300km. So I got a pretty good feel for it. Overall, it's a really nice engine, ver smooth, and very quiet.

 

I don't see why not...but I'm not omniscient!

 

Surely you can tell us more? :p

How about a comparison of how it drives compared to the OM648 (I-6) CDI?
Sound level, exhaust tone, etc..?

 

I just drove a G500 today and fell in love with it, except for the fuel economy.

I could use the 320 CDI engine in that, not in the GL, but MB said that it could be used in every model in their brands, so maybe it will happen.

A G320 CDI with some 16" wheels and no running boards would be perfect.

 

They'll throw a diesel in the G for you in Germany at AMG Manufaktur.
I read somewhere, or heard from one of my people maybe, that the newly pardoned G will get a diesel powerplant option in the lineup in 2007, I think it was. Not sure if it's going to be the 320CDI...but I don't see off the top of my head why it wouldn't be....

 

The only thing I know about the V6 CDI as far as power goes is that in the S-Class, the top speed is higher by 2 mph, (148 mph vs 146 mph), and the horsepower peak is 400 rpm lower(@ 3800 rpm vs 4200 rpm), and the torque is better by a few lb/ft. Since the horsepower peak is in a lower range, it suggests that the engine isn't as flexible as the I6. Marginally.
What'll make that thing fly, is the 7G-Tronic and it's closely spaced gears.

And, do we really trust aluminum high compression diesel engines? I'll give my respect to it for now.

 

That's just it.. I am convinced the majority, if not all the improvement of that power plant comes from the 3rd generation CDI technology and not the engine block itself. I wish MB hadn't abandoned the I6... BMW was able to mate a 7 speed (or was it 6) to the I and do it in a shorter wheelbase.

 

We have a 320CDI with the new V6 in it.
It runs really, really really good.
We had it for a trip to the cabin up north and it avaraged about 6.0l/100km (I think some where around 40mpg) and it only has like 8000 miles on it.
Mostly highway, but the break-in period is just about ended and the consumption should go down even further.
A friend of mine has the BMW 530d and he only gets 9.0l/100km (25mpg) and he has about 80000 miles on it.
I think that the reliability in the new V6 should be at least as good as the I6, but probably much higher. When it comes to durability I think that the I6 could be better since it has the cast iron block, but I think that the engineers had that one figured out as well.
The cab's in Sweden are mostly MB or Volvo, but the MB's are amazing, they have easily 800 000 miles on them.. Actually been in an old cab that at the time being had 2 000 000 miles on it, the meter had gone around once and they replaced the tranny after 1 200 000 miles. Pretty amazing!

 

Thanks for sharing that info Henke... and welcome to the forum, lets hear from you more!

 

I second that Henke - good stuff, thanks. and Welcome!

 

Welcome to the forum Henke!

 

Cab's like that are very common in Europe...
In portugal 95% of cab's are MB, somes with 10-15 years :p

 

The US market will have diesel motors available in the ML class ( six cylinder) as well as the GL class. The GL class will have the option of a six and eight cylinder diesel. I placed my order for a six cylinder GL

 

So will the v6 CDI and 7 speed trans be in the 2007 model year, meaning 4Q06? And is that when the E series gets the "facelift" mentioned in other threads?

 

the S cls ML an GL will arrive first in 320 cdi and then in 2007 with the 420 cdi

 

Un nouveau V8 CDI de 314 ch sur la Classe E
Dans la course à la puissance que se livrent les constructeurs allemands, Mercedes se replace avec un nouveau V8 Diesel biturbo affichant 314 ch et un couple de 730 Nm. Ce nouveau bloc fait de la Classe E 420 CDI une berline franchement impressionnante. Si la vitesse maxi, autolimitée à 250 km/h, n'est franchement pas difficile à atteindre, rendant la performance assez quelconque, la vitesse à laquelle on y parvient en dit long sur le coffre de cette mécanique. Comme pour le V6 CDI, les gains face à la génération précédente de V8 (400 CDI) sont importants. La puissance progresse de plus de 20 %, passant de 260 à 314 ch, alors que le couple gagne 30 %. De plus, ce dernier est disponible très tôt. Dès 1 600 tr/mn, il atteint 580 Nm, 300 tr/mn plus tard il est déjà à 700 Nm et, enfin, les 730 Nm sont disponibles dès 2 200 tr/mn. Une performance globale qui ne se fait toutefois pas au détriment de la consommation et de la pollution, puisque ce V8, disponible en octobre, se montre moins gourmand que le précédent. Cette mécanique sera également disponible sur la prochaine Classe S présentée lors du prochain Salon de Francfort.


V8 bi-turbo 314 hp

torque 730nm

 

I've been waiting for some information of this engine. You think this is indeed the new biturbo V8 diesel?

 

Tjena Henke

My cousin in stockholm says Diesel is more expensive right now than gas? is this something new? All the cabs i've been in sweden and europe are all diesels. But of course a merceds in germany is like a ford focus. They sell them with cloth, standard and no ac.

Although i was in rotterdamn in a chevrolet caprice with a giant american flag in the back. The guy found out I was an american and kept showing me easy rider magazines asking if this was america