Mercedes-Benz BlueTec turbodiesel
There is a lot to appreciate about the new 2007 Mercedes-Benz E320 BlueTec. For starters, it is powered by a technologically advanced 3.0-liter turbo-diesel V-6 that utilizes a sophisticated network of exhaust gas treatment devices that make the BlueTec the “world’s cleanest diesel,” according to Mercedes-Benz. Even better, the engine produces a whopping
400 lb-ft of torque between 1600 and 2400 rpm, good enough to propel the well-mannered luxury sedan from
0 to 60 mph in 6.6 seconds, only 0.1 second behind the E350 according to Mercedes. That should be fast enough to banish forever the widely-held perception of diesels as slow.
Fuel economy, of course, is stellar: 27 mpg in the city, 37 mpg on the highway.