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New York: Mercedes E250 Bluetec concept would get 39 mpg highway

Mercedes-Benz brought the new E250 BlueTEC concept sedan to the New York Auto Show today, showing the type of clean diesel sedan that could follow in the wake of last year's BlueTEC SUV mini-fleet. The E250 BlueTEC boasts a 2.2-liter four-cylinder diesel engine with SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) exhaust technology mated to a seven-speed automatic transmission. The small diesel motor produces big power: 369 lb-ft of torque at 1600-1800 rpm. Part of the conceptual clean diesel fun comes from a 25-liter urea solution (AdBlue) tank that ... Read more →

New diesels won't run when the urea tanks is dry Jeremy Korzeniewski

Owners of the new crop of clean diesels will have another maintenance item to concern themselves with if their new cars are equipped with urea injection. The EPA requires that all diesels meet ...

All VW and Mercedes diesels eligible for tax credit Michael Harley

We knew last month that the Jetta TDI was qualified for the tax credit. Now, word is out that all of the new-generation clean diesels for Volkswagen (TDI) and Mercedes-Benz (Bluetec) will be joining ...

Mercedes runs out of gas by 2015 Jonathon Ramsey

Mercedes -- like a lot of other folks -- believes oil is going to run out eventually. But instead of waiting until the "Low on Oil" light comes on, the brand behind the three-pointed-star has set a ...

New York 2008: Mercedes burns oil and rubber Dan Roth

Click above for high-res gallery from Daimler's press conference Just like any good political campaign, Mercedes came to the New York Auto Show touting nothing much as a whole lot. Actually, the faux ...

Mercedes-Benz USA recalling 9000 diesel models 1 year ago on Autoblog

Mercedes sold over twelve-thousand diesel-powered vehicles in the US last year, but a crankshaft issue is sending 9,004 units back to the dealer for repair. NHTSA says the problem lies in a crankshaft sensor that can fail, which causes the engine to lose power and makes you the "disabled vehicle" ...

Detroit 2008: Jeep Renegade Concept 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click image for high-res gallery Chrysler is showing three concepts that leverage the automaker's ENVI electric vehicle tech tech today in Detroit. The Chrysler ccoVoyager and Dodge ZEO concepts will be covered in separate posts, but they share their main electric drivetrains with Jeep's open-air ...

LA 2007: Mercedes S400 Bluetec Hybrid - it's new, we think 2 years ago on Autoblog

Mercedes-Benz is confusing the blog out of us with its nomenclature. Sure, it's usually pretty straightforward: one letter for the class, three numbers for the (approximate) engine displacement. Tack on 4Matic for all-wheel-drive, chop off a zero and add AMG for the performance models. But they ...

Mercedes-Benz first in California with diesel 2 years ago on Autoblog

click above image for more high-res pics of the MB E320 BLUETEC You may remember that despite a promise back in January of 2006 that its E320 BLUETEC would meet emissions standards in all 50 states, Mercedes-Benz announced eight months later that its new diesel sedan wouldn't be sold in California ...

Mercedes confirms BLUETEC diesels will be in Europe by year's end 2 years ago on Autoblog

E-Class Bluetecs have been available for about a year, where they account for 20-percent of sales. Now Mercedes' Bluetec-engined cars will be available for purchase in Europe by the end of this year. E-Classes with Bluetec will go on sale in December in all but the UK. Right-hand drive versions are ...

Frankfurt Preview: Mercedes-Benz S 300 BLUETEC Hybrid 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click image to enlarge The F 700 concept car is primed to be the star for Mercedes-Benz at Frankfurt with its DIESOTTO hybrid drivetrain and glitzy looks, but it's certainly not going to be alone up there on the stand. We know about the AMG C-Classes (sedan and wagon) and the ML 450 Hybrid, and you ...

Mercedes diesel hits hurdles in three new states, temporarily 2 years ago on Autoblog

Although Mercedes-Benz USA is still committed to diesels in all 50 states, it has had to accept the bad with the good. As the model year has rolled into 2008, they have lost three more states to the "no diesel" pack. That's because Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Rhode Island joined the 5 other ...

VW says bye-bye to Bluetec 2 years ago on Autoblog

Looks like the Bluetec Alliance has lost another member. Green Car Congress was able to translate an article by German publication, "Wirtschaftswoche," which says Volkswagen will abandon Bluetec. "Wirtschaftswoche" reports that VW feels the Bluetec name is too closely associated with Mercedes and ...

Lotus consults on Mercedes S-Class Hybrid 2 years ago on Autoblog

Following spy shots of S-Class Hybrid prototypes leaving the Lotus facilities in Norwich, England, industry insiders have concluded that Mercedes has turned to the British sportscar maker and engineering firm for input on the sedan's hybrid power system. The upcoming S-Class Hybrid's electric motor ...

Report: Bluetec hybrid Mercedes M-Class possible within 2 years 2 years ago on Autoblog

Just -Auto reported yesterday that Mercedes-Benz could have a Bluetec diesel-electric hybrid variant of ithe M-Class on sale in the UK within the next two years. The system would probably leverage a 3.2L six-cylinder Bluetec engine in conjunction with the 2-Mode hybrid system developed jointly with ...

Mercedes expects diesels to account for 10-percent of US market 2 years ago on Autoblog

Looks like Mercedes-Benz is expecting diesels to make a huge comeback in the United States over the next few years. M-B is apparently projecting that diesels will account for a whopping 10 percent of U.S. sales by 2010, up from just 3 percent last year. With the new BLUETEC-nology helping the ...

Follow the Leader: DaimlerChrysler to pursue hybrid power 2 years ago on Autoblog

DaimlerChrysler is taking some of its eggs out of the diesel BLUETEC basket and placing them on the hybrid bandwagon, according to chairman Dieter Zetsche. The automotive giant had been banking on the success of its clean diesel technology to win over the green crowd, but DCX says the market ...

Geneva Motor Show: Mercedes-Benz Vision C 220 BLUETEC concept 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click on the image above to view our high-resolution image gallery. Rival carmakers are in a race to develop the most efficient practical alternative powerplant solutions, with some Japanese carmakers focusing on hybrid technology, while their European rivals concentrate on developing efficient ...

Mercedes unveils four-cylinder Vision C220 Bluetec 2 years ago on Autoblog

click above image to view a pair of high-resolution images of the MB Vision C220 BLUETEC Concept DaimlerChrysler is proud of its BLUETEC diesel technology, and rightly so. The automaker is really the first to see the new diesel standards in the U.S. as an opportunity and not an obstacle, unveiling ...

Jeep prices the 2007 Grand Cherokee CRD 2 years ago on Autoblog

We know for sure that in a couple of years the U.S. market will have more diesel options than it's had in a very long time. They'll be powerful, efficient and clean diesels, different in every way from the ones you remember during the Reagan era. DaimlerChrysler is poised to enjoy having the ...

Detroit Auto Show: Audi announces US plans for Q7 3.0L TDI 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click image for a high-resolution photo gallery We don't know when the Q7 V12 TDI might go on sale anywhere in the world, but Audi has stated that Americans can expect to see the Q7 with a 233 HP V6 turbodiesel sometime in mid-2008, with "other models" following afterwards. The vehicle will be ...

VW unveils next-gen TDI engine 2 years ago on Autoblog

Part of the consortium of German auto manufacturers developing the Bluetec diesel technology, Volkswagen just announced that its new TDI will the cleanest diesel on the planet. To be used in the 2008 VW Jetta (and other smaller VWs), the new 2.0 liter common rail diesel engine differs from the urea ...

Mercedes shows Vision GL420 Concept 2 years ago on Autoblog

One more NAIAS preview today. Mercedes will take the wraps off its Vision GL420 concept at the upcoming Detroit Auto Show. This particular GL has a more macho grille, flared fenders, 21-inch rims and a big enough fuel tank to give this Bluetec diesel a whopping 1,000 km range. That's 621 miles, ...

BMW refines U.S. diesel plan 3 years ago on Autoblog

BMW is coming stag to the U.S. diesel party, despite hinting in October that they were close to joining fellow German automakers VW, Audi and DaimlerChrysler in marketing Bluetec technology in the U.S. "We are in the process of thinking of a name that is different from Bluetec," a spokesman for BMW ...

BMW has a plan for diesels in the U.S. 3 years ago on Autoblog

Matt Davis, the European Editor over at Winding Road, was able to get the low down on BMW's strategy to offer diesels here in the Land of the Brave. During an event to give U.S. journos a taste of Bimmer's 335d Touring, equipped with a 3-liter bi-turbo diesel, the folks at Winding Road opined the ...

Three Mercedes-Benz BLUETEC vehicles are on their way 3 years ago on Autoblog

UPDATE: Our man Sam from AutoblogGreen was kind enough to inform us that these new Benz's are on sale now, however, are only available in 45 states. The E320 is the only vehicle that will come equipped with BLUETEC and urea injection currently, while the others are utilizing a common rail setup. ...

Autoblog Podcast #44 3 years ago on Autoblog

Last week's biggest chunk of auto news was undoubtedly the dissolution of talks between General Motors and Renault/Nissan over a proposed alliance, and it's also the biggest chunk of audio on this week's Autoblog Podcast, Episode #44. As mentioned in a prior post today, we also talk about the spy ...

Bluetec diesels to be used by (almost) all German automakers 3 years ago on Autoblog

The giants of Germany have come together and decided that the best way to develop the potential of diesel in the U.S. is total market dominance. Not with one vehicle, but with one engine. Mercedes' Bluetec diesel came out swinging at the Detroit Auto Show, only to kneed in the groin by California ...

BLUETEC diesels to be in all Mercedes SUVs by 2008 3 years ago on Autoblog

Mercedes-Benz announced today that 2008 models of the M-, R- and GL-Class will be offered with BLUETEC diesel engines that meet the Environmental Protection Agency's tough BIN5 emissions standards in all 50 states. Astute Autoblog readers will remember that not long ago the 2007 Mercedes-Benz E320 ...

BLUETEC diesel fails to meet 50-state emissions requirement 3 years ago on Autoblog

Despite telling us back in January that its Mercedes-Benz E320 BLUETEC would be compliant with emissions standards in all 50 states, DaimlerChrysler has announced that it has not reached that goal and the vehicle will only be sold in 45 states when it goes on sale this fall. The five states in ...

Diesels vs hybrids: DaimlerChrysler vs Toyota 3 years ago on Autoblog

At the same time Toyota was announcing its hybrid technology product plans for the next five years Tuesday, DaimlerChrysler representatives were in Tokyo to promote their clean diesel technology for the Japanese market. Like the U.S., Japan has never embraced diesels for passenger vehicles, while ...

Jeep announces a diesel Grand Cherokee 3 years ago on Autoblog

Take a quick look around the light-truck market, and it's clear that diesels are the hottest thing on dealer lots right now - but oddly enough, it's not currently possible to get an oil-burner in a full-size SUV. Jeep has apparently identified this massive hole in the market and will announce later ...

Jeep Liberty CRD nears 10,000 sales mark 3 years ago on Autoblog

Since its introduction in early 2005 the Jeep Liberty CRD diesel has sold almost 10,000 units, an accomplishment over which DaimlerChrysler was recently beaming during a press conference with a group of Ohio soybean growers and the state’s governor, Bob Taft. We reported last summer that ...






Autoblog Podcast #155: 'Twas the night before LA...

Chris, Dan, and Editor Paukert go over some LA Preview action and quietly whoop it up on the podcast.

 
 

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