Thread: i went and test drove an E250 bluetec!!!
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Old 10-24-2013, 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by tjts1 View Post
I wonder how long before the EPA busts Mercedes for cooking the books on that that fuel economy test the way they did with with Ford, Hyundai, BMW etc. This engine has been on sale in Europe for a few years now and real world fuel economy is far lower.
Mercedes (Mercedes C250) | Fuelly
C250CDI (Mercedes C250) | Fuelly
C250 CDI Coupe (Mercedes C250) | Fuelly
C250 CDI AMG Sports Plus Coupe (Mercedes C250) | Fuelly
C250 CDI AMG Sport Plus (Mercedes C250) | Fuelly

45mpg in your dreams.

These numbers are not that far off, especially when you consider only one of the examples could be considered broken in.
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