Showing posts with label Mercedes-Benz. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mercedes-Benz. Show all posts

Saturday, 10 September 2011

Rumors About The New Compact Mercedes-Benz

Apparently, Mercedes-Benz is about to disclose a statement on the future of the compact class. Now, with its platform Fwd, have two models, the Class A and Class B. According to insider claims should be placed on the market three variants of this platform.

First of all, it would be Class Coupe / CLC, which appeared in 2013 to fight for the BMW 1 Series. A year later he appeared in a compact SUV, which could be called the GLC, to compete with BMW and Audi Q3 X 1. But there is another, the relative (or a shooting brake), could be called the CLC Shooting Brake, which arrives in 2014.

This information has not been refuted or verified by the brand and the very future. The first of three European monarchies want to sell large volumes. Mercedes-Benz range of access to some of BMW and Audi, and therefore we need more models. And they have a platform ...

The goal of this attack would be to double the turnover of the product compact models of contact (Smart does not count), up to 400 000 units a year. Make it clear recently that they want to increase sales, and that could mean more models almost certain.

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Thursday, 21 July 2011

Official: Mercedes-Benz Details Of The New Variable Displacement V8 SLK55 AMG For

Balancing energy and the economy is a difficult subject, especially for Mercedes-Benz and its in-house performance division, AMG. On the one hand, improved customer awareness fuel economy and lower emissions. But on the other by AMG, what customers really want is pure, pure muscle.

The bottom line is that the dichotomy is expected to be the exclusive use of turbochargers on the full range AMG, so that the German automaker to reduce engine size while increasing production. But until Affalterbach found another solution: cylinder deactivation.

The latest AMG engine, labeled M152 is based on the M157 engine near having the powers of the new CL63 AMG and its four-door counterpart, the S63 AMG. What makes this different engine, the first is the elimination of double turbo. It also allows the use of a new air intake, cylinder heads, valve actuation, fuel system, engine block and, above all, a cylinder Formula One-off home, so it works - if so chosen - four-piston conditions Not required eight. Click the jump to continue reading.
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