The Mercedes A, B and CLA-Class model ranges are being extended with a slew of new entry-level diesel variants (A 160 CDI, B 160 CDI), a highly efficient BlueEFFICIENCY Edition model (B 180 CDI BEE) and more 4MATIC options (B 220 4MATIC, CLA 250 4MATIC). All are set to arrive in European dealerships in September 2013.
New base diesel models, the A 160 CDI and B 160 CDI, get an updated 1.5 litre turbodiesel engine with 90 hp and 220 Nm of torque. Both are paired exclusively with a six-speed manual gearbox and get from 0 to 100 km/h in 13.8 and 14.0 seconds, while using 3.8 and 4.1 litres of diesel per 100 km respectively.
The B 180 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY Edition meanwhile has 109 hp from a 1.5 litre mill, replacing the older 1.8 litre turbodiesel. Extensive aerodynamic optimisation measures and a special six-speed manual ‘box with longer ratios mean it uses just 3.8 litres of fuel per 100 km, an improvement of 7% over the outgoing model.
All-wheel drive options are now available on the B 220 4MATIC and CLA 250 4MATIC. The former gets a downtuned 184 hp version of Merc’s turbocharged 2.0 litre petrol engine and is the first B-Class offered with 4MATIC drivetrain. This pair dumps the base manual transmission for the newer 7G-DCT trannies.
These new engine options are only offered in international markets, of course. Locally we are limited to two A-Class variants (A 200 and A 250 Sport) and the B200 only, while the CLA-Class has yet to be introduced here. Fancy entry-level, manual turbodiesel Mercs, anyone? Doubt so.
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Maybe Malaysia’s auto tax should be restructured by fuel efficiency and/or weight of car. This would reflect directly the amount of fuel subsidy which has to be forked out and also the cost of road maintenance which are damaged by heavy vehicles.
Turbo diesel merc is good but for an Euro 5 engine to be ‘detuned’ to suit Boleh Land’s Euro 2M diesel, that one is not very feasible for Merc to do on passenger cars.
As for 6-speed manual transmission from Merc, a bit like home coming but based on German’s car engineering, additional gear gives better on fuel economy and lesser CO2 emission compared to 6-speed manual transmission (even though I love manual transmission). Unless there is a group Merc lovers who are different from majority Merc lovers whereby they are hardcore manual transmission lovers and want to save money when purchasing (save at least RM5K for opting 6MT).
maybe they can bring in limited numbers of the 6-speed manual to test the market. if there really is a significant price difference (downwards) between manual and auto, those could be snapped up – also hopefully by a younger target market who should grow with the brand. hopefully their clutches these days are on par and as light as other mid-range europeans or like japanese. i drove my friend’s w202 c230 manual and i felt like i had an extreme workout for my left leg. if only they can drop below the psychological rm200k price.
Green Turbodiesel is current technology. allowing 25km/L.
similar to found at Honda 1.5 i-Dtec also achieving above 25km/L.
When Malaysia will move forward as 2020 approaching?
facts:
Facts::
Euro 2 = 1996
Euro 3 = 2000
Euro 4 = 2005
Euro 5 = 2009
Euro 6 = Expected @ 2014.
Petronas? GOV? who to blame?
Yea, so many great diesel engine in our country now. We need someone to push the gov.
Proton engines like campro had gone further than Japs celup cars. But noone praised it at that time, mostly said it’s petrol guzzlers rather than more environmental friendly engines. If those Japs engines were detuned to compete with campro at that time, it would return the more or less FC, that’s if it’s without tech like vvti etc.
And now, the CFE may return better FC as it’s tuned Euro5 and of course Europeans do have cleaner petrol.