Mercedes BLUETEC – A blueprint for the world’s cleanest diesels

The new E320 BLUETEC — distinguished as “2007 World Green Car” by an international panel of journalists earlier this year — can go nearly 700 highway miles on a single tank of fuel.

BLUETEC denotes a state-of-the-art engine and exhaust technology, which produces the cleanest diesels available on the market today. BLUETEC diesel is able to provide the powerful torque (210 horsepower,388 pound-feet for the E320) of a large V-8 engine with the low fuel consumption of a four-cylinder compact. Combining several technologies to minimize diesel exhaust emissions, The E320 BLUETEC five-passenger sedan starts with a purpose-built 3.0- liter V-6 diesel engine that includes four valves per cylinder, centrally located piezo-electric injectors, third-generation CDI (commonrail direct injection), a turbocharger with variable nozzle turbine and exhaust gas recirculation. This technology is made possible with the use of ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel (less than 15 parts per million) that became available in the United States in 2006.

Standard equipment includes the Electronic Stability Program and new PRE-SAFE – the world’s first system that can sense and take protective measures before a crash.