Entry into the upper class with the Mercedes-Benz S 320
The first luxury sedans under the name of S-Class, Mercedes s 320 launched around the middle of 1972. Initially only available as a sedan, Mercedes extended the luxury end of the program in 1970 years by an S-Class Coupé , the forerunner of the CL-Class. The gap between the models Mercedes-Benz S 280 with 2.8 liter displacement and the Mercedes-Benz S 420 with 4.2 liter displacement concluded the manufacturer with the Mercedes-Benz S 320 in the first built in 1993. In the series W140 was the Mercedes-Benz S 320 for the first time as a successor of the year in those Mercedes-Benz 300 SE presented. The Mercedes-Benz S 320 2002 had a straight-six engine which delivered 170 kW (231 hp). With a length of 5.11 meters and a width of 1.88 meters, the Mercedes-Benz S 320 2002 was one of the largest mass-produced luxury sedans on the international market.
The Diesel technology is Socially Acceptable in the Mercedes-Benz S 320 2000
In the following series of W220 Mercedes-Benz S 320 formed in between 1998 and 2000, the entry-level model of the S-Class. In a completely new version, it came with a 3.2 liter engine for the first time as a diesel on the market. The modern CDI engines had failed with their common-rail injection be possible to use silent diesel generators with good acceleration values in the super class. Although the S-Class W220 series in the more elegant and visually lighter than its predecessor failed, so weighing vehicles but still almost two tons and a length of just over five meters and a width of 1.85 meters. The smooth CDI Mercedes-Benz S 320 2002 could record (197 hp) and a turbocharger with these dimensions it with an output of 145 kW.
Farewell to the Mercedes-Benz S 320 As Gasoline
When petrol engine in the Mercedes-Benz S 320 that could Stuttgart thanks to new V6 engines even cut back on the engine power compared to the preceding series something without the car lost power. The Mercedes-Benz S 320 the years 1998 to 2002 was serving as gasoline at three liters 164 kW (224 hp). From 2002 onwards, however, Mercedes decided to take in the course of model refinement in the series, the entry level Mercedes-Benz S 320 2002 as gasoline from the program and by the higher-powered Mercedes-Benz S 350 to replace. In addition, the diesel versions are now becoming more and more important for sales success in the luxury class.
The Mercedes-Benz S 320 is the Most Economical Luxury-class Model Series
Given the great popularity of customers in the luxury-class diesel models remained the Mercedes-Benz S 320 CDI further than entry-level model in the S-Class in the program. The Mercedes-Benz S 320 2002 Diesel was one of the first in 2002 Mercedes cars that came to the market with the new environmentally friendly BlueEFFICIENCY diesel technology Stuttgart and was in addition to the normal Mercedes-Benz S 320 CDI incorporated into the program. Based on a modified engine management, reduce weight and improved aerodynamics, the BlueEFFICIENCY technology realized savings in fuel consumption of approximately half a liter per hundred kilometers. During the Mercedes-Benz S 320 2002 as diesel consumed 8.3 liters, so it was with the new technology from 2008 still 7.6 liters (199 g / km CO2) on average.