The 2011 Mercedes E-Class is mostly a refresh across the engine range, with added technology and updates to both diesel and petrol units. We’ll see new BlueDIRECT technology (which refers to direct injection) on the E350 V6 and the E500, and the four-cylinder engines are available with the automatic 7G-Tronic Plus tranmission, start&stop (BlueEFFICIENCY), new torque converter, ECO gear change mode and new oil pumps that work with the start&stop technology.

Models available with the fuel saving technology as standard include the: E250, E350, E500, E200 CDI, E220 CDI and E250 CDI. The new Mercedes E-Class has no real changes to its style, but new instrumentation on board has an updated colour screen and new functions. The engine run-down is as follows:

• Mercedes E350 V6 3.5-litre with 306 hp, fuel consumption at 6.8 l/100 km and CO2 emissions from 159 to 164 g/km. Sprint to 100 km/hr in 6.3 seconds, top speed of 250 km/hr.
• Mercedes E500 V8 4.7-litre twin turbo with 408 hp and 600 Nm of torque. Fuel consumption of 8.9 l/100 km, 5.2 seconds to reach 100 km/hr, top speed of 250 km/hr.
• Mercedes E200 BlueEFFICIENCY four-cylinder with 184 hp, 7.1 l/km of fuel consumption and CO2 emissions at 169 g/km, down to 6.5 and 152 respectively with automatic transmission. Comes with manual or automatic shift.
• Mercedes E250 BlueEFFICIENCY four-cylinder with 204 hp. Available only with the automatic transmission, it makes 100 km on 6.6 litres of fuel and CO2 emissions are 154 g/km.

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The Mercedes S-Class S350 BlueTEC models now have standard start&stop fuel saving technology. The three-litre V6 with 258 hp and 620 Nm of torque with AdBlue emissions reduction will now already conform to the new Euro 6 regulations to be in place in 2014. With the start&stop system, fuel consumption is at 6.2 l/100 km and emissions are 164 g/km compared to the previous figures of 6.8 and 177.

While it’s difficult to know exactly what that means in real terms, and we sometimes question whether these things are noticed when actually driving, the pressure of the new Euro anti-pollution norms means we are getting more fuel saving technologies on our vehicles. Mercedes also took the opportunity to use a new TWAS (twin wire arc sprayed) construction technology to reduce weight by about four kilos, and is offering the updated model at the same price as the previous S350: on the German market costing €76,517.

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