I am thinking of the GC w/ MB cdi motor.

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82 300D....went to MB heaven
90 350 SDL....excercising con rods

I don't see why not. We have owners of SUVs and trucks from other countries that aren't made by MB with OM616s and OM603s installed from the factory posting.

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

Anyone know what the MSRP of one of these suckers will be? Just curious, because the M-Class CDI isn't really that high-priced, in my opinion. I mean, I couldn't afford one with my entire year's salary pre-tax, but in the grand scheme of things. My car's MSRP in 1987 was almost $40,000, whereas 20 years later the M-Class CDI is only about $5,000 more than that.
My Jeep Liberty CRD was $28,000, although I may be way off ... obviously I pay it in installments so sometimes I forget. Would think the Cherokee will be significantly more expensive, eh?

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1987 300D, arctic white/palomino--314,000 miles
1978 240D 4-speed, Euro Delivery, light ivory/bamboo--370,000 miles
2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited, light khaki/slate--140,000 miles
2018 Chevy Cruze diesel, 6-speed manual, satin steel metallic/kalahari--19,000 miles
1982 Peugeot 505 diesel, 4-speed manual, blue/blue, 130,000 miles
1995 S320, black/parchment--34,000 miles (Dad's car)

Oh yeah, and I think it would be perfectly cool to post about anything with a MB engine in it in here.

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1987 300D, arctic white/palomino--314,000 miles
1978 240D 4-speed, Euro Delivery, light ivory/bamboo--370,000 miles
2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited, light khaki/slate--140,000 miles
2018 Chevy Cruze diesel, 6-speed manual, satin steel metallic/kalahari--19,000 miles
1982 Peugeot 505 diesel, 4-speed manual, blue/blue, 130,000 miles
1995 S320, black/parchment--34,000 miles (Dad's car)

I saw a Silver R320cdi and a Black ML320cdi today at the dealership! I was drooling!! I wish I could test drive them, somehow I think they'd tell me to "go away" though.

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

At the dealership today. No info about pricing but the brochure lists the bluetec diesel as an option. Availability is delayed until later in 07 though.

Kevin
1979 240D
1984 190D

no way no way.. they better have some at the dealer on saturday when i go play.. i mean get an inspection

I'm sorry. I meant to say 'I' was at the dealership today and came across a brochure for the grand cherokee that included the diesel motor as an option. They don't even have this info on the jeep website. Sorry about the crappily written previous post.

Kevin
1979 240D manual
1984 190D manual

Boy, I think there is nothing less attractive vehicularly than the ML's........

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

BMW X3 beats it on the ugly scale, barely.

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1992 300D 2.5T 249k - Parked with a bad transmission
1981 300SD 142k - Daily driver

I agree, they are basically just mini-vans anyway. Half the soccer mom's around here seem to drive them. A diesel version would be slightly more interesting, but not much. Besides, if I want to drive a U.S. made car I'll just drive my POS jeep.

I would tend not to buy from any Mercedes dealer that treats you that kind of "go away" attitude. My local dealer for years didn't offer me test drives after stopping in to "just look". I bought elsewhere.

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Bob Roe
Lehigh Valley PA USA
1973 Olds 88, 1972 MB 280SE, 1978 Datsun 280Z, 1971 Ford T-Bird, 1972 Olds 88, 1983 Nissan Sentra, 1985 Sentra, 1973 230.6, 1990 Acura Integra, 1991 Volvo 940GLE wagon, 1983 300SD, 1984 300SD, 1995 Subaru Legacy L wagon, 2002 Mountaineer, 1991 300TE wagon, 2008 Murano, 2007 R320CDI 4Matic 52K, some Hyundai, 2008 BMW 535xi wagon, all gone... currently
2007 Honda Odyssey Touring, 2014 E350 4matic

It's the cheapest way into a new CDI right now unless you want to drive a Sprinter.

The Sprinter uses an older-tech inline-5 than the new V6 ML CDI. I heard that Jeep might be getting a CDI in one of their models.

Nice engine; personally I love the torque. 398 lb-ft can be a lot of fun.

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Bob Roe
Lehigh Valley PA USA
1973 Olds 88, 1972 MB 280SE, 1978 Datsun 280Z, 1971 Ford T-Bird, 1972 Olds 88, 1983 Nissan Sentra, 1985 Sentra, 1973 230.6, 1990 Acura Integra, 1991 Volvo 940GLE wagon, 1983 300SD, 1984 300SD, 1995 Subaru Legacy L wagon, 2002 Mountaineer, 1991 300TE wagon, 2008 Murano, 2007 R320CDI 4Matic 52K, some Hyundai, 2008 BMW 535xi wagon, all gone... currently
2007 Honda Odyssey Touring, 2014 E350 4matic

Um, hello?
Anybody think the DaimlerChrysler split will have an impact on Jeeps (Chryslers) getting CDIs?
It's an excellent idea, but is it going to happen?

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99 E300 TD -- sold
01 540i 6 spd