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Excessive traction. Testing Mercedes E 500 and E 350 BlueEfficiency

It was the shortest away test drive of all that I visited. In the morning to Frankfurt, back in the evening. In six hours spent in Germany, I managed to get acquainted with two modernized versions of the Mercedes E-class is E 500 and E 350, which will now be produced under the blues BlueEfficiency.

AMG-bamperers on E 500 BlueEfficency are already in the database, on E 350 BlueEfficency are available optionally

To begin with, let's figure out what BlueEfficiency is. This is a concept that includes advanced technologies and means aimed at reducing fuel consumption and emissions. It includes, for example, the Start/STOP system, power control and charging, direct fuel injection on BlueDirect gasoline engines, a bag of fairings under the hood and on the bottom to reduce aerodynamic losses, tires with reduced rolling resistance of BlueEfficvente previously included less and was less and was included Available as additional equipment. But over time, the concept has overgrown with new means, it little by little went to the masses and began to be offered by Mercedes already in the standard. Now the turn has reached the flagship gasoline fucking. The main change that the E 500 and E 350 received, new Bloodirect engines with direct injection, which debuted on the S-class and CL.

Under the hood E 500, instead of a 5.5-liter atmospheric engine, is now a 4.7-liter tweeted unit. The cylinders are still eight. The 5.5-liter atmospheric developed 388 hp. at 6000 rpm and 530 nm of torque at 28004800 rpm. The characteristics are more than worthy. But the new turbocharged Bloodirect surpassed its predecessor in all respects. Very strongly surpassed. The newcomer gives out indecent 408 forces at the same 6000 rpm and a much wider shelf of torque at 600 Newton meters in the range of 1600-4750 rpm. What is important, the maximum moment is available much earlier. At the same time, the insolent on average by 17% fuel consumption in the combined cycle decreased from 10.8 to 8.9 liters per 100 kilometers (according to the European NEDC Combined testing cycle). And the release of CO2 decreased from 253 to 209 g/km.

Bad! Otherwise, you can’t say E 500 with a new engine like Evpatiy Kolovrat Hand, shoulders, fists. Give the head and run. Only he saw him. Acceleration insanity and crazy. The seven-speed 7G-Tric Plus automatic machine, even in the standard D, does not stand on ceremony, it can go down at once for four gears! And then hold on. There is a manual regime. If at the current step, get a little with the gas, get the hook into the liver.

4.7-liter tweeted V8 BlueDirect. At the turbine motor for each of the semi -blocks

The sections of the cylinders of the tweeted V8 and atmospheric V6 BlueDirect are identical. The eight has a collapse angle 900, the six has 600. The cylinder block, heads and pistons of both engines are made of aluminum alloy. Friction in the cylinder-piston group and a crooked-shaped mechanism is reduced by 28% compared to predecessors. Both motors have phase.

At low speeds, the V8 is sorted out so as not to nervous the riders with excessive agility, up to 100 km/h, the five -hundredth, as before, shoots in 5.2 seconds. Although acceleration to the test hundreds for such a giant is a real nonsense. It is important here what happens next ... And then the shock and thrill the intensity of acceleration practically does not fall up to the peak 250 km/h. By the way, E 500 reaches the maximum speed in the fifth gear. The sixth and seventh increase. They are to save.
What, what?!
For savings, I say!

E 500 with a new engine for a whole staircase, closer to the 525-horsepower E 63 AMG (which, by the way, has recently also switched to turbothelyu). It passes more densely, less roll in corners and sprinkles a road trifle on a body through a low -profile rubber and a reconfigured Airmatic. But no, stop! The five hundredth remained faithful to the common Mercedes line. Despite a more pressed suspension, it remains a civilian car. Comfortable. For life. With the best of a dumped pedal knot and an intelligent-squeezed exhaust system. Sleep rolly sports notes are cut and unobtrusively climb into the salon only when the motor begins to breathe in full chest through a completely open throttle.

E 500 for travel. For quick travels to unlimited autobahns. He pressed gas in Frankfurt 2.5 hours later released at Lake Como. The motor is redundant, but it is still early on the track of five hundred, and on any mountain serpentines 600 Newton meters and 408 horses remain unclaimed. So autobas. Only autobahns. Of the competitors, only 407-horsepower BMW 550 can argue with our experimental. The 385-horsepower five-liter Jaguar XF to E 500 BlueEfficiency, alas, does not reach.

The modesty E 350 BlueEfficency is much more suitable for realities. It is not so athletic, but with more balanced dynamics it is much cheaper. The new atmospheric V-shaped six with 3.5 liters of working volume produces 306 forces at 6200 rpm and 370 nm in the range of 3500-5250 revolutions (previously it was 292 hp at 6400 rpm and 365 nm in the range of 30005100 about /min). The collapse angle between the semi -blocks is reduced from 90 to 60 degrees, which positively affected the smoothness of the engine. The increase in power and the torque occurred due to the finalization of the mixture of formation process and the use of a new resonant manifold with a variable length of the intake path.

When accelerating to hundreds of the 350th eldest brother, it loses only 1.1 seconds, a sprint of 0-100 km/h 6.2 seconds (previously 6.8). At high speeds, it is not so sank, but efficiency is amazing. The average fuel consumption for the European test cycle of 6.8-7.0 liters per 100 km depending on the modification. The previous version was eating an average of 7.3 liters. Environmental friendliness is also significantly increased. The release of carbon dioxide decreased from 199 to 159 grams per kilometer of the path.

E 350 BlueEfficency reasonable sufficiency. For example, our cost of this version will begin with a mark of 2,550,000 rubles, while the crazy E 500 BlueEfficvent will cost at least 3,370,000. Both versions in Russia will be available with the rear and all-wheel drive transmissions with autumn.

By the way, the cheaper E 350 has much more competitors. Among them: a new generation of all-wheel drive Audi A6 with a 3.0-liter 300-horsepower TFSI Quattro (from 2,350,000 rubles), BMW 535i, equipped with a three-liter 306-horsepower engine (from 2,250,000 rubles), 307-horsepower all-wheel drive Lexus GS 350 (from 2,249,000 rubles), all-wheel drive Infiniti M 37 with a 3.7-liter engine developing 333 hp. (from 2 210,000 rubles). Also, the rivals can be recorded by Cadillac CTS with a 3.6-liter 304-horsepower engine (from 1,830,000 rubles).