- Doors and Seats
4 doors, 5 seats
- Engine
2.1DT/20kW Hybrid, 4 cyl.
- Engine Power
190kW (comb), 250Nm
- Fuel
Diesel 4.3L/100KM
- Manufacturer
RWD
- Transmission
Auto
- Warranty
3 Yr, Unltd KMs
- Ancap Safety
NA
2013 Mercedes-Benz E 300 Hybrid Launch Review
2013 MERCEDES E-CLASS HYBRID REVIEW
What's Hot: Amazing fuel numbers; E-Class style and comfort with willing power.
What's Not: A $10k price deficit you’ll never ‘earn’ back; infernal gear stalk.
X-Factor: A premium saloon for buyers prepared to pay to be a little kinder to the planet.
Vehicle style: Large premium sedan
Price: $108,900 (plus on-roads)
Engine/Trans: Hybrid-drive 2.1 litre diesel, electric motor | 7spd audo
Power/torque: diesel 150kW/500Nm; electric motor 20kW/250Nm
Fuel consumption listed: 4.3 l/100km | tested: 5.9 l/100km
OVERVIEW
It’s the first diesel-hybrid ever to go on sale in Australia. It’s an E-Class, which means it’s as big as a Commodore. It's also one of the world’s great saloons - but it uses barely more fuel than a Smart fortwo.
This is Mercedes-Benz's new E 300 BlueTec Hybrid. It’s a technological tour de force, and while it does things a little differently, it drives exactly ‘like a Mercedes’.
We put it through its paces at launch; creeping along Melbourne’s Collins Street on silent electric power, opening up the 2.1 litre diesel through the hills ringing the Yarra Valley, back through Warrandyte and into the early peak hour traffic of notorious Hoddle Street.
And the fuel consumption? Solid as a rock: 5.9 l/100km on the way out, and 5.9 l/100km on the way back.
That result achieved in a car that seats five in spacious comfort, will hit 100km/h in 7.5 seconds and weighs the better part of 2.0 tonne.
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