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11-16-2007, 03:29 PM
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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 just about lost us on this one.
In Frankfurt Mercedes unveiled two new hybrid versions of the S-Class (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/frankfurt-2007-mercedes-has-an-answer-for-lexus-with-s-class-hy/): the S300 Bluetec Hybrid with diesel-electric power, and the S400 Hybrid with gas-electric power. In Los Angeles, however, they took the wraps off the S400 Bluetec Hybrid. Still with us? Well, they lost us, too. This version packs a V6 diesel coupled with an electric motor to provide 265 horsepower and 465 lb-ft of torque, resulting in what Mercedes calls V8 performance with four-cylinder economy: 0-60 in 7.2 seconds and 40.5 mpg on the highway.
While the previous S400 Hybrid unveiled in Frankfurt was gas-electric, the S300 Bluetec Hybrid unveiled with it was stated as producing 413 lb-ft of torque to this S400 Bluetec Hybrid's stated 465. Still, the press materials didn't specifically differentiate it from its Frankfurt-revealed stablemate, and nobody at the Mercedes booth here in LA could tell us if this was actually a different model. Think you can make sense of it? The press release is after the jump.
[Source: Mercedes-Benz]
Gallery: LA 2007: Mercedes S400 Bluetec Hybrid
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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 just about lost us on this one.
In Frankfurt Mercedes unveiled two new hybrid versions of the S-Class (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/12/frankfurt-2007-mercedes-has-an-answer-for-lexus-with-s-class-hy/): the S300 Bluetec Hybrid with diesel-electric power, and the S400 Hybrid with gas-electric power. In Los Angeles, however, they took the wraps off the S400 Bluetec Hybrid. Still with us? Well, they lost us, too. This version packs a V6 diesel coupled with an electric motor to provide 265 horsepower and 465 lb-ft of torque, resulting in what Mercedes calls V8 performance with four-cylinder economy: 0-60 in 7.2 seconds and 40.5 mpg on the highway.
While the previous S400 Hybrid unveiled in Frankfurt was gas-electric, the S300 Bluetec Hybrid unveiled with it was stated as producing 413 lb-ft of torque to this S400 Bluetec Hybrid's stated 465. Still, the press materials didn't specifically differentiate it from its Frankfurt-revealed stablemate, and nobody at the Mercedes booth here in LA could tell us if this was actually a different model. Think you can make sense of it? The press release is after the jump.
[Source: Mercedes-Benz]
Gallery: LA 2007: Mercedes S400 Bluetec Hybrid
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/11/mb-s400-bluetec_01_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2007-mercedes-s400-bluetec-hybrid/492554/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/11/mb-s400-bluetec_02_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2007-mercedes-s400-bluetec-hybrid/492553/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/11/mb-s400-bluetec_03_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2007-mercedes-s400-bluetec-hybrid/492552/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/11/mb-s400-bluetec_05_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2007-mercedes-s400-bluetec-hybrid/492551/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/11/mb-s400-bluetec_06_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/la-2007-mercedes-s400-bluetec-hybrid/492550/)
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