Pretty cool stuff. Anybody know if MB is the engine supplier ?

http://www.carbonmotors.com/

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BENZSTER

W123, '81 240D, Pastel Grey/Blue Tex
W126, '88 300 SEL, Artic White/Grey Leather

Interesting. Not sure on the engine source, but Mercedes sounds likely.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 401,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 26,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.
99 Mazda Miata 183,xxx miles.

I can't wait for these things to show up at auctions. I want one with the ballistic panels

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"I have no convictions ... I blow with the wind, and the prevailing wind happens to be from Vichy"

Current
Monika '74 450 SL
BrownHilda '79 280SL
FoxyCleopatra '99 Chevy Suburban
Scarlett 2014 Jeep Cherokee
Krystal 2004 Volvo S60
Gone
'74 Jeep CJ5
'97 Jeep ZJ Laredo
Rudolf ‘86 300SDL
Bruno '81 300SD
Fritzi '84 BMW
'92 Subaru
'96 Impala SS
'71 Buick GS conv
'67 GTO conv
'63 Corvair conv
'57 Nomad

The hoseable rear passenger compartment sounds cool to me! Hit the lawn and garden department at Lowe's with the wife, and we don't have to freak out when all those plants she loads in the car fall over and spill out dirt, and the bags of potting soil and fertilizer split...WOW!

Of course -- I may be showing my age again....

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62 W121 190DB - Original CA/AZ Car - Excellent Example
99 E300 Turbo Diesel - 362,000...Awesome Daily Driver
01 E320 Wagon - 297,xxx (wife's work car)
01 E320 Wagon - 131,000
02 Land Rover Disco SE- 110,000
87 BMW 325is (E30) Full Restore - Son's
06 Mini Cooper 'S' - Son's
87 Toyota FJ60 Land Cruiser - Showroom Condition - 152,000

84 300D - 142,xxx :cool - "Sold"
83 300D-"Sold" - 211,456
85 300SD-"Sold" - 213,789

dude, these cars are so sick. i got to sit in one at the SF auto show. i think they make their own engines. but im not sure about it. mercedes would be the first go to guy though

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Current
2006 E320 CDI, 57K bought at 67K "Liesl"
1986 190E 2.3-16, 198K bought at 56K "Brigitta"
1987 300TD (Chuggin Along), 292K "Friedrich"
1995 E320 Wagon, 200K "Louisa"

Past
1987 300SDL, (sold) 125K, bought for 1$ "Kurt"

These guys have been talking all kinds stuff since 2006, and supposedly these cars will go back to carbon for recycling once their service life is over. Supposedly no cars will be sold to the public once they are retired.

I'm guessing its going to be BMW. 3.0L Inline Six with an optional Twin Turbo

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/carbon-motors-police-if-not-investors-aware/

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91 350SD
14 F150 Eco
19 Fusion Hybrid
11 GT500

Imagine seeing it in the rear view mirror scary

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2003 GX470
1998 E300 3.0TD
2002 Dodge 2500 4x4 cummins
1998 Dodge 3500 5 speed Cummins

According to one video I watched on their website the car will have a "supercharged diesel" engine.

I haven't ever heard of a supercharged diesel.

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1993 W124 300D
-297K on the clock as I type this.

looks like i am going to have to be a cop...i would be honored to be pulled over by that.

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• 1993 Mercedes-Benz 400E *146,000 Miles*
• 1985 Mercedes-Benz 300SD Turbo Diesel Biodiesel *SOLD @ 346,000 Miles*
• 1984 Mercedes-Benz 300D Turbo Diesel Biodiesel *SOLD @ 284,000 Miles*

That is odd...it says the 0-60 time is 6.5 seconds @ 300 horse and 420 torque. The new E300 Bluetec has 200 horse and 400 torque and does 0-60 in 6.6 seconds....must be that the CMC has higher gears for a higher top speed.

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• 1993 Mercedes-Benz 400E *146,000 Miles*
• 1985 Mercedes-Benz 300SD Turbo Diesel Biodiesel *SOLD @ 346,000 Miles*
• 1984 Mercedes-Benz 300D Turbo Diesel Biodiesel *SOLD @ 284,000 Miles*

I find that reporters know little of "blowers" and tend to confuse "supercharge" with "turbosupercharge" (which is the technically correct term for what we all call "turbocharge."

Jeremy

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"Buster" in the '95

Our all-Diesel family
1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car
2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car
Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022)
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762
"Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz."
-- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970

Actually both are poor descriptors of what it is. Supercharged and Turbocharged (Turboed?) are only used in the USA. The correct terms to avoid confusion are "Belt Compressed" and "Turbine Compressed" , hence the name in brit english of "Compressor" and in german "Kompressor".
Dumb reporters would probably be less confused if correct terms would be used instead of long-ago-passe-commercial-names.

I do agree that most journalists look like they don't know the difference.

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Aquilae non capunt muscas! (Eagles don't hunt flies!)


1979 300SD Black/Black MBtex239000mi
1983 300TD euro-NA. White/Olive Cloth-MBtex 201000mi. Fleet car of the USA embassy in Morocco
1983 240D Labrador Blue/Blue MBtex 161000mi

It is entirely possible that it is Turbocharged and they are using the term Supercharged interchangeably.

Supercharged Diesel engines have be around at least since the late 1950s. The Military used to use a Diesel Generator set with Supercharged Cummins Engines (similar to the non-supercharged Engines that went in the Big Rig Trucks).

I saw the 1st one when I was 9 years old (1961) as I went with the Father of a friend who was a member of MARS (a HAM radio group). I went with him to a Government warehouse where the MARS members got to pick over the surplus electrical equipment. I the warehouse was one of the Supercharged Gen Sets. The Friends Father pointed out the Supercharger to me and explained how it worked.

Later in Trade School around 1975 they had several of the same Supercharged Engines donated by the Navy to the Trade School for the students to take apart and get running again.

Later when I worked as a Mechanic I rebuilt 2 of those Cummins Super Chargers which operate the same as the Detroit Diesel Blowers (Roots Blower).

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84 300D, 82 Volvo 244Gl Diesel

of the Detroit Diesel 53, 61, 92, etc. series diesels were supercharged. Some were turbocharged in addition to the supercharger. I have a pair of Detroir 8V53s in my boat that have the supercharger (only).

They were 2-cycle engines that needed the supercharger to evacuate the exhaust gasses out of the cylinder before the next "pow!" Not bad power, but were considered a NA engine without the turbo.

Yes, they told us in trade school that they are NA engines (not considered supercharged). Most that I have seen since the early 80s have also been Turbo Charged.

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84 300D, 82 Volvo 244Gl Diesel