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With the news that the three-pointed star will switch to no more than four platforms instead of nine in the upcoming years and that they will also develop a range of modular engines to be fitted to those architectures, it is now time to learn about some of those upcoming powerplants.
Recent reports say that the modular approach to engine building will be so extensive that even the cylinder bore and stroke will be identical between diesel and gasoline mills, while the number of cylinders will include inline threes, inline fours and - as a nod to Mercedes-Benz history – inline sixes.
All the aforementioned types of engines will have direct injection and either single or twin-turbochargers, depending on the number of cylinders involved.
The inline three and four cylinders will be fitted on cars built on the second generation of the MFA (Modular Front Architecture) platform, with the inline sixes being reserved for the top of the range C-Class family models and the upcoming E-Class W213 generation.
In total, there will be no less that four inline six cylinder engines – two running on diesel and two running on good old gasoline.
If recent German insider reports are correct, the twin-turbocharged diesel will get two power outputs, one with 315 hp and 700 Nm (516 lb ft) of torque and a more powerful one with 405 hp and a massive 850 Nm (627 lb ft) of torque.
As far as the gasoline inline sixes go, the “base” version should get 367 hp and 650 Nm (479 lb ft) of torque, while the more powerful one might replace the current 4.7-liter V8 as the top of the range engine in the upcoming E-Class W213, as it will offer 435 hp and 750 Nm (553 lb ft) of torque.
Keep in mind that all the above numbers should be treated mainly as speculation, as the engines will be turbocharged and their outputs can vary via some simple ECU reprogramming. The last time when Mercedes-Benz used a gasoline inline six engine was back in 1999, with the famed M104 in the , while their last inline six diesel succombed back in 2005, with the OM 648 CDI in the E-Class W211 and S-Class W220.
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Recent reports say that the modular approach to engine building will be so extensive that even the cylinder bore and stroke will be identical between diesel and gasoline mills, while the number of cylinders will include inline threes, inline fours and - as a nod to Mercedes-Benz history – inline sixes.
All the aforementioned types of engines will have direct injection and either single or twin-turbochargers, depending on the number of cylinders involved.
The inline three and four cylinders will be fitted on cars built on the second generation of the MFA (Modular Front Architecture) platform, with the inline sixes being reserved for the top of the range C-Class family models and the upcoming E-Class W213 generation.
In total, there will be no less that four inline six cylinder engines – two running on diesel and two running on good old gasoline.
If recent German insider reports are correct, the twin-turbocharged diesel will get two power outputs, one with 315 hp and 700 Nm (516 lb ft) of torque and a more powerful one with 405 hp and a massive 850 Nm (627 lb ft) of torque.
As far as the gasoline inline sixes go, the “base” version should get 367 hp and 650 Nm (479 lb ft) of torque, while the more powerful one might replace the current 4.7-liter V8 as the top of the range engine in the upcoming E-Class W213, as it will offer 435 hp and 750 Nm (553 lb ft) of torque.
Keep in mind that all the above numbers should be treated mainly as speculation, as the engines will be turbocharged and their outputs can vary via some simple ECU reprogramming. The last time when Mercedes-Benz used a gasoline inline six engine was back in 1999, with the famed M104 in the , while their last inline six diesel succombed back in 2005, with the OM 648 CDI in the E-Class W211 and S-Class W220.
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