LexFather

http://www.egmcartech.com/2008/07/31...the-us-by-2010

The 2010 Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class will hit U.S. shores by early 2009. Initially, only the GLK 350 will be available in the U.S. The GLK 350 is powered by a 3.5 liter V6 engine producing 268 horsepower.

This week the German luxury automaker held a press launch for the upcoming compact SUV and showed some pre-production units of the GLK 4Matic powered by an all-new turbocharged 2.2 liter CDI 4-cylinder engine. Why?

According to a spokesman that spoke with InsideLine, both the C-Class and the GLK-Class will be eventually be sold with the 2.2 liter diesel in the U.S. The engine produces 167 horsepower and 295 lb-ft of torque. Fuel-economy is estimated at 34mpg for the GLK.

The spokesman said both models will arrive in 2010.

SLegacy99

34 MPG. The S400 hybrid was originally estimated by MB much greater than it actually got.

DustinV

Are you quoting the EPA "estimate"?

I would seriously wait until actual consumers report the mileage they are getting. This will provide us with a wide variety of data (due to different driving styles) on which the actual fuel economy can be reliably estimated.

I've never felt that car magazines or the EPA gave accurate fuel economy results. I honestly cannot picture the boys at BMW and Driver trying to drive in an efficient and relaxed manor for example - and yet they have the guts to actually report about the fuel economy they're achieving during their testdrives.

RXSF

that 34 mpg is most likely on that euro scale, imperial gallons or something. When it is rated by the EPA, it will most likely be in the high 20s

MPLexus301

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I would rather they add a competitive top end V6 but I guess the diesel is a nice option as well.

bad co

Of course it has to be in the imperial gallons and the new European gallon. How could the Germans get anything right??

SLegacy99

The S400 hybrid was expected to achieve an EPA rating of 23/33 MPG, it got 19/26. That's a drastic difference, so who knows what a diesel C class will do. That being said, I recently read an article that claimed they were averaging something like 28 MPG in the S hybrid, which is pretty good.

For reference, these are the ratings (Euro cycle) in U.S. MPGs

S350: 16/32 MPG
S400 hybrid: 22/37

mmarshall

That's a lot of torque for an engine that size.....only 2.2 liters. Subaru's STi, with its larger 2.5L gas engine and high-pressure turbos, produces roughly a similiar amount.

That's one reason why I've said, in other threads, that I think new-generation diesels have a future in the U.S. if people will simply just go out and test-drive them. Too many people still have their minds back with the junk that passed for diesels 30 years ago.

I8ABMR

no surprise to read this. The only surprise is why we haven't got more diesel options on the market. I see nothing wrong with the added mpgs and to ft/lbs of torque

IS-SV

I see the GLK especially benefiting from this engine choice even in the US market.

IMO (based on experiences in the last decade) Mercedes 4-bangers tend to be unusually refined, smooth and quiet when compared other 4 bangers, I fully expect this engine to be nice.