My 93 Suburban would go nearly 800 miles. Had a 46 gallon factory tank.
Ouchie!!

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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

Breaking news!
Diesel more efficient than hybrid on an all highway trip. Now let's see the a comparison in real world city driving and bumper to bumper traffic.

I like how they avoided driving through San Francisco or any other part of the bay area that might have traffic. They took the 280 instead of the 101 through the peninsula again to avoid real world traffic, bypassed the east bay, McArthur maze and the bay shore. You know, all the roads normal people use to get from point A to point B in the Bay Area. This trip reads like a list of the least busy roads in the Bay Area and Central Valley. They might as well be driving on the moon.

Some comparison test

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Just priced one. White on black MB-Tex. $0 sport package. No options. $52,000. Still can get MB-Tex - that's awesome. Love the range. I got my 2013 Suburban in the 2500 variety so I could get the 39 gallon tank - 600+ highway miles on a tank. Love it.

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1989 500SEL Euro
1966 250SE Cabriolet
1958 BMW Isetta 600

Whats there to love about 600 miles on 39 gallons? That's barely 15.5 mpg!

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'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'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)

Of course, the Prius is much cheaper to fill up -- RUG v. Diesel.

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1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

So the 50k Merc is better on fuel than the 20k Prius... got it

Only if you avoid civilization

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That's about right.

Cool, that's how I want to live. So the E 250 is made for me.

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1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

I much prefer the E250, but this is such a strange test with so many variables. It sort of proves they are both good economy cars. They are so different in so many ways I don't see how you could begin to directly compare them, let alone determine a winner.

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68 280SL - 70 280SL - 70 300SEL 3.5 - 72 350SL - 72 280SEL 4.5 - 72 220 - 72 220D - 73 450SL - 84 230GE - 87 200TD - 90 190E 2.0 - 03 G500

Nissan GTR - Nissan Skyline GTS25T - Toyota GTFour - Rover Mini - Toyota Land Cruiser HJ60 - Cadillac Eldorado - BMW E30 - BMW 135i

Yes, my '96 W210 had a large fuel tank and could knock out about 33MPG on the highway as I recall. I topped off the tank one time in Richardson and easily rolled into El Paso with no refuel. About a 650 mile drive. I had to stop to eat, but no need for fuel.

Stock 35 gallon fuel tank.

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It is nice to see MB entering the arena of vehicles that have exceptionally low fuel consumption.

They appear to offer the same or similar drive line on the GLK 250 Blue Tec which gets a stated 33/24 but I didn’t see an E class wagon with the 2.5 drive train.

By comparison to the new e class, a local dealer is offering an ’06 320 CDI with 85K on the clock, that gets a reported 36 MPG hiway for about $17.5 That’s probably indicative of what the next few years will do to the cost of the new edition.

2.1L

Between these 2 cars, I would rather drive the Prius. Its a known quantity with a reputation for reliability. The 2.1L diesel not so much. Who knows how many emissions tweaks MB had to throw at it to meet US standards. You really want to risk fixing that nightmare out of warranty? I didn't think so. We all know the horror stories about the OM642 that came before it.

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They pretty much "have to" given really tough European and coming US CAFE standards. V8 gassers are likely to be disappearing from most model lines, to be replaced mostly by V6 and I4.