What is the best MB diesel they make right now?

Ali
1981 300 SD

VW Jetta TDI

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01 Golf TDI
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89 KW 425 cat
85 Pete 400 cat (currently still running the west coast with over 1.5 million miles)
81 KW 400 Cummins
77 Freightliner CO ???? Cummins (Buttercup)
57 180D lots of miles(gone but not forgotten)

S400Cdi

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'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

G400 CDI

How about this?
VW Touareg V6 TDI?

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What d'you mean by the "best"?

Super-Mack with 600hp bulldog engine is the best for hauling 60,000 lbs of coal dust through Appalachia. And a 1-lung Perkins makes a superb economical generator to light up cow barns in the foothills..... running all day on 1 gallon of fuel.

Meanwhile it's the 4-spd 240D that most closely matches typical driving habbits with engine power bands, torque curves, hp and general performance.

I guess modern MB diesels are wonderful cars for people who dont like to drive, those who hate automobiles and resent cars that put the driver in touch with the road and the driving experience in general.

the 320 CDI for the moment. The b-class will have a diesel option although its release has now been delayed, and the new M class will also have a diesel some time in 2006.

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Martin Ingram
Colorado Springs
2005 320 CDI
2006.5 VW Jetta TDI
1991 560SEL (179000 Sold)
1972 280SEL 4.5 ('The Lead Sled' 320000 miles when sold.)
1972 220D (225000 when sold)

Right now would be either an S400CDI or an E400CDI. However MB did make an SL400CDI for the auto show circut. If they made this car it would rise to the top of my must have list!

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Is the B-Class the "Grand Sports Tourer"? I'd be excited about an M-Class diesel had they not made that car incredibly ugly for 2006. I used to dream of a U.S. diesel G-Wagen, too, but guess what ... they made it atrociously unattractive for 2006 (which is criminal, if you ask me)

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1987 300D, arctic white/palomino--314,000 miles
1978 240D 4-speed, Euro Delivery, light ivory/bamboo--370,000 miles
2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited, light khaki/slate--140,000 miles
2018 Chevy Cruze diesel, 6-speed manual, satin steel metallic/kalahari--19,000 miles
1982 Peugeot 505 diesel, 4-speed manual, blue/blue, 130,000 miles
1995 S320, black/parchment--34,000 miles (Dad's car)

will last longer than any new model

I think the ML's were incredibly ugly from the start. All they did was to improve its ugliness. I guess you can call it fugly now.

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DJ


84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012

ehh heehhhhhhh.....

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'97 E300
'99 E300

This is the larger A class, see http://www.automobilemag.com/2006_sneak_preview/0503_sp_mercedes_b_r/

or google b class mercedes loads of stuff.
m

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Martin Ingram
Colorado Springs
2005 320 CDI
2006.5 VW Jetta TDI
1991 560SEL (179000 Sold)
1972 280SEL 4.5 ('The Lead Sled' 320000 miles when sold.)
1972 220D (225000 when sold)

IMO.
The best is the one you own.

Car payments = bad news.

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