Waiting...Waiting...Waiting..
 

For the "Noodleheads" in Montvale,NJ and Stuttgart Germany to send the
BlueTec Hybrid model of the GLK over to North America.
4 cylinder,non-symmetrical twin turbos,CDI type engine WITH Electric Hybrid
Drive...50MPG Hwy.

Waiting...Waiting...Waiting...

this could take a while...........

"Plays Jeopardy Theme"

crickets chirping

Uh, OK...........

and a rather large bovine in a Bugatti Veyron pulls into an Ohio farmer's driveway.

And a swine makes its way liesurelyly across the blue sky.

sunshine on a dog's ass...

have you written your legislature on this? how about DB?

we cant just sit and wait, we need to tell them what we want. it would seem the big 3 are not in such a position to block foreign diesel's as they have been in the past.

My 2¢.

So, shall we organize a day this month on which we all show up in mass at a dealer and demand they ship the car here ASAP? I seriously like this model, too.

Are they planning to produce this model at the M plant in Vance, Alabama?

I want one of those too, a 4cyl diesel GLK, that'd be such a sweet winter car!

I'd be OK if they put the 320 cdi in it, but I'd be fine with a 220....(like that will ever happen)

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mobetta,

I'm rapidly approaching the stage where I'll earn a personal "Go Pound Sand"
letter from Stuttgart.

KAdams4458,

Montvale + Stuttgart do not want/care to hear from us on this matter...
They've decided to bring in the Petrol version and we should shut our
mouths and open our Pocketbooks/Wallets and buy the Petrol
version without any further whining.The Implication is,IF enough Petrol
versions are sold "They" MIGHT consider shipping the Hybrid to N.A.
(I don't know how much of this has to do with production capacities of
the 2.2 Bluetec Hybrid drivetrain...Remember, North America is always
LAST in priorities."THEY" know they can sell as many as they can produce
to the EU and Asia,Africa,Australia.AND the pricing structure used outside
the US guarantees MB MUCH larger profits per unit sold.)


'Bama1,

No. Deutschland production only.

Pawosd,

The Bluetec Hybrid has the 2.2 CDI type engine
(With non-Symmetrical Turbos)
AND the ELECTRIC Hybrid module...
SO what you're dealing with is the equivalent of Much,Much More power than the 320 CDI V-6 engine...
Using 2/3 the Diesel Fuel to produce all that power.

Wow.....that thing is probably a blast to drive! Motor + diesel torque! Yeahh!!

Damn it, you're right. Private import, perhaps? LOL. Maybe if I win the lottery. :rolleyes: