https://mercedesforum.com/fb.asp?m=98530

 

This engine makes sufficientpower and torque for an S. The economy of 43MPG could definitely helpM-B sell quite a few of these Hybrid sedans here.

You can bet the rear trunk badge will not say "S220" but something else to hide the fact you are driving a 4-cylinder diesel.

In a few years, $5.00 a gallon fuel will change the way we think about big sedans like the S Class -- I think the US market will be more than readyto embrace it.

 

I don't understand why it's in an S-Class. Surely people paying over 100k for a luxury car that can afford the upkeep can pay gas prices. I could see in an E-Class though

 

It's an S Classbecause even people who drive big sedans want a way to be responsible and "shrink their carbon footprint" in the verbiage of theleft wingeco-kooks.

You will surely see it in the E Class and probably in an SUV, too.

 

Didn't the 190D get the first turbo diesel? And didn't the E-Class have the 4-matic before the S??

 

You are correct, Sir. Flagship models sometimesget cool features first, liketheself-leveling hydropneumatic suspension of the 1977 6.9 sedan. But the S definitely does not always get the cutting edge tech first.

 

You really know your stuff

But it was probably better the early e-class got the 4-matic since it was unreliable.