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The Mercedes 0-60 published time for the CDI is 6.6 seconds, MB tends to be a bit conservative with published performance figures. As I recall the published 0-60 figures for the 400E was something like 7.2.

I've timed my 400E on several occasions, unless your 400E is a hotter example than mine a race with a CDI would be pretty tight - my 400E typically run 6.3 to 6.8 seconds times.

My 'seat of the pants' impression was that the CDI was faster - this is most likely due to the 370 lb/ft of torque from the CDI but I'm not at all convinced a 400E would outrun a CDI to 60 MPH. At least not with a 2.24 rear end.