The E-class diesel may be more expensive to buy and just as expensive to run overall, but it will keep going until you croak. About that urea, though: If you’re not planning on harvesting and refining it yourself, expect to spend about $1500 on the stuff for every 100,000 miles you drive, thereby negating a large chunk of the fuel savings. But nothing approaching the full cost of the BlueTec system’s hardware appears to be passed along to the consumer, and fuel savings promise to be significant if diesel prices remain close to those of gasoline. Our test car added $6450 via the Premium Package 2 with its navigation, Harman/Kardon audio, HID headlamps, and heated seats, among much else (the Sport package on our car is a no-cost option). We’ve enjoyed 35-mpg highway cruises in other contemporary E-class diesels.Īt $51,775, the E350 BlueTec runs $1500 more than its gas-powered sibling. This particular car’s economy suffered because we used it as part of our 10Best drive, whereupon the tar was fairly beaten out of the thing. We came up far, far short of that in our testing, with a combined 21 mpg. The EPA pegs the BlueTec at 22 mpg city/33 highway/26 combined versus the regular E350’s 17/24/19-that’s roughly 30 percent higher across the board. The higher energy density of the fuel compared with gas means that cars like the E350 BlueTec burn juice at a slower rate. Aside from torque, the other great advantage of diesel engines is their range.
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