The Truth About Cars
MAY 6, 2024
When it comes to junkyard cars with impressively high final odometer numbers, Toyotas , Hondas , Volvos and Mercedes-Benzes seem to be the most likely to have driven better than 400,000 miles during their lives. How about Subaru? Well, today's Junkyard Find is the highest-mile discarded Fuji Heavy Industries product I've ever found.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 17, 2012
Mercedes-Benz Vito E-CELL. The 100 battery-driven electric Mercedes-Benz Vito E-CELL vans ( earlier post ) in use in Berlin and Stuttgart have covered 650,000 km (404,000 miles). The Vito E-CELL is also fully integrated into the Mercedes-Ben Star Diagnosis diagnostics system. Click to enlarge. Manufacturing and model variants.
Green Car Congress
JULY 29, 2014
Mercedes-Benz introduced its new Vito model series for the mid-size van (2.5–3.2 torque 230 N·m at 1500–2000 rpm. It works in practically every car or van from Mercedes-Benz—all the way up to the S-Class. Click to enlarge. t GVW) segment. l of diesel per 100 km (41.3 Vito 111 CDI, 84 kW (114 hp) at 3800 rpm, max.
The Truth About Cars
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
Fellow TTAC author Chris Tonn noted that differing maintenance routines could have played a factor, using brakes as an example. Meanwhile, brands ranked near the bottom included Chrysler, Mercedes-Benz, Rivian, Volkswagen, Jeep, Volvo, GMC, and Lincoln. Data is accrued primarily on model years from between 2000 and 2023.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 25, 2009
Mercedes-Benz is offering five newly developed and modified engines—four of them with direct injection—for the new E-Class Coupé, offering more power with lower fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions than their predecessors. 310 Nm @2000-4300 rpm. Click to enlarge. It consumes around 17% less fuel: 5.1 Displacement. Rated output.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 23, 2010
Mercedes-Benz is introducing four new diesel and gasoline engines for its luxury S-Class, including the first four-cylinder engine in its almost 60-year history, the S 250 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY diesel. The new diesel also features fourth-generation common rail direct injection, with a rail pressure of 2000 bar.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Cost increments for a plug-in hybrid compact vehicle will be 10-20% more than a regular hybrid: $2000-3000 extra for a sedan; $5000 for an SUV. This means the more maintenance-free electrical systems of PHEVs offset the initial higher cost of batteries. See What Carmakers Say about PHEVs for the latest.
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