2011 Mercedes-Benz E350 BlueTEC Sedan Review

2011 Mercedes Benz E350 BlueTEC Sedan
By Ming Tan

Wednesday June 1st, 2011 at 7:66 AM

Posted by: mtan

Pros:

• Efficient – averaged over 34 actual mpg over the course of a week, with a boasted total range of about 600 miles per tank of diesel
• Quiet and smooth – great highway cruiser. Serene cockpit made for peaceful and pleasant road trips
• 400 lb-ft of torque – made virtually any maneuver seem easy for this relatively small 210hp 3.0 liter turbo diesel V6

Cons:

• Hint of a 1978 Mercedes 240D diesel rasp at startup

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BlueEfficiency Mercedes-Benz

For Refinement l Interior accommodation l Impressive economy and CO2 figures
Against Obstinate gearbox in Manual mode l Expensive to buy l Dynamic limitations
Background
Over the years, we’ve not been unaccustomed to sleek four-door saloons, but until Mercedes-Benz launched its first CLS in 2004 no car maker had quite had the gall to call its car a coupé.
Mercedes then claimed it had invented a new market sector. That’s something at least one manufacturer will do about once a quarter these days, with varying degrees of credibility, but Mercedes seemed to have managed it.
For a time, it had the market to itself. Some 170,000 CLSs were sold in the first-generation car’s life, and only recently has Audi replied with the A7 and BMW with the 5-series GT. There’s VW’s Passat CC too, closest in theme, if not in prestige and price, to the CLS.

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