http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2010/11/green-luxury-mercedes-benz-to-offer-4-cyl-in-top-line-s-class-/1?loc=interstitialskip

For the North America market MB will probably push the super guzzlers such as V12 and AMG moders.

Vahe

MB to put 201hp 4 cylinder turbo diesel in W221

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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.

6 cyl 244HP S class will be vailable in the states as on next year.

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1987 300D
2005 E320 CDI

0-60 in 8 seconds, that's perfect. That will be plenty quick for around town. I love cars like this, I'd never race an S550, so why not trade HP for twice the MPG? If I wanted to race I'd buy an S63, and I may as well get an SL63 since it would be a toy. A high MPG s-class is a fantastic idea.

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68 280SL - 70 280SL - 70 300SEL 3.5 - 72 350SL - 72 280SEL 4.5 - 72 220 - 72 220D - 73 450SL - 84 230GE - 87 200TD - 90 190E 2.0 - 03 G500

Nissan GTR - Nissan Skyline GTS25T - Toyota GTFour - Rover Mini - Toyota Land Cruiser HJ60 - Cadillac Eldorado - BMW E30 - BMW 135i

Awesome.

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83 300TD (need rear wiper assembly dead or alive)
84 300SD Daily driver
85 300TD almost 400k miles and driven daily.
98 E300D *sold
86 300SDL *sold and made flawless 10 hour journey to new home.