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02-20-2006, 08:29 AM
Dubspeed Driven Road Test - The Mercedes-Benz E320 CDI: Diesel Power - trumping the hybrid hype (http://www.speedsportlife.com/dubspeed-driven-road-test-the-mercedes-e320-cdi-diesel-power-trumping-the-hybrid-hype/)
February 19th, 2006
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Text by Dubspeed Media Staff, Carl Modesette
Photos by Zerin Dube and Matt Chow, additional photos by respective manufacturers
As fuel prices in the United States continue to rise, consumers are beginning to direct their attention further away from traditional gas-guzzling family trucksters and more towards alternatives that are actually halfway economical. The problem is, at least in this writer’s humble opinion, that the media (and industry) buzz is focused solely around hybrids. While certainly a viable and increasingly available option, little if any attention is being paid to other alternatives, namely diesels. Thus, when the opportunity to sample Mercedes’ latest offering presented itself in the form of the 2006 E320 CDI, we jumped at the chance.
Read the full review » (http://www.speedsportlife.com/dubspeed-driven-road-test-the-mercedes-e320-cdi-diesel-power-trumping-the-hybrid-hype)
February 19th, 2006
http://www.speedsportlife.com/photopost/data/961/thumbs/IMG_5974.jpg
Click To View Larger Image (http://www.speedsportlife.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=15370&cat=961)
Text by Dubspeed Media Staff, Carl Modesette
Photos by Zerin Dube and Matt Chow, additional photos by respective manufacturers
As fuel prices in the United States continue to rise, consumers are beginning to direct their attention further away from traditional gas-guzzling family trucksters and more towards alternatives that are actually halfway economical. The problem is, at least in this writer’s humble opinion, that the media (and industry) buzz is focused solely around hybrids. While certainly a viable and increasingly available option, little if any attention is being paid to other alternatives, namely diesels. Thus, when the opportunity to sample Mercedes’ latest offering presented itself in the form of the 2006 E320 CDI, we jumped at the chance.
Read the full review » (http://www.speedsportlife.com/dubspeed-driven-road-test-the-mercedes-e320-cdi-diesel-power-trumping-the-hybrid-hype)