The big news for 2006 at Mercedes-Benz was the new E320 CDI, powered by a 201-horsepower 3.2-liter turbodiesel inline 6-cylinder engine, with a 0-60 miles per hour time of 6.6 seconds, fuel economy of 27 miles per gallon city or 37 miles per gallon highway and a range of up to 780 miles.
Of course, the diesel engine was nothing new to Mercedes-Benz; they introduced the first diesel-powered passenger car in 1936. But, it had been absent from the US market for a number of years.
Perhaps following the Volkswagen Jetta's lead, Mercedes-Benz now had the only diesel-powered luxury car available in America.
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