New TDI

[james accordino]

--- Per Lindgren <lindgre at online.no> wrote:

> The Mercedes CDI engines are on their way to the US
> market. Not in the
> Mercedes passenger cars, but in the Mercedes
> Sprinter vans and buses,
> which are to be sold as Freightliner Sprinter.

Fedex must be buying them like crazy.  They are all
over here in NE PA.  I had 2 on the highway with me
Friday afternoon.  They were running about 85 mph and
were quite quiet with no smoke.
> >
> > Some are quite fast too. My friend told me he had
> a TDI BMW pass him at
> > 240km/hr on the autobahn.
>
> One of the fastest today are the BMW 330d, with 227
> kmh top speed. It
> does the 0-100 kmh sprint in only 7.8 secs. It has
> 184 hp and 390 Nm at
> only 1750 rpm.
>
My cousin in Germany got one as a company car from
Deutsche Bank.   As he's also a hammer-down type
driver for him this was the obvious choice of the cars
they offered.  I'm still waiting for a review and some
photos.

Jim Accordino

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