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Originally Posted by sixto
Oddly, www.edmunds.com rates the 92-93 300SE at 15/19 mpg and the 94-99 S320 at 17/24 mpg. That's a deal breaker because I don't want a car that uses premium gasoline and can't break 20 mpg. I'd sooner do another rod-ectomy.
Two questions:
1) Can I assume that the 15/19 mpg rating is wrong? Did HFM change dramatically between 93 and 94? How can a 300SE not do as well as an S420? |
1994 was the first year of HFM in the 140 body, 104.994 motor. 92-93 was 3.2 liter but was 104.990 KE, i.e. distributor caps and rotors, single coil, etc., more like a 103 motor but with 4 valves per cylinder. They were also geared very short, 3.69 I think, for better acceleration. The 420s were taller at 2.82.