If you follows Mercedes-Benz news, you may have already known that for the 2015 model year, there is no more 鈥?50鈥?model for the E-class and M-class. Also gone with the E550/ML550 will be the 4.6L twin-turbo V8 engine. The replacement for the E550 and ML550 will be the E400 and ML400, respectively. The E400 and ML400 will be powered by a 3.0L twin-turbo V6 engine, good for 329 hp and 354 lb-ft of torque. For the output numbers, this is a downgrade. For your reference, the V8 on the E550/ML550 has 402 hp and 443 lb-ft of torque. Not only the 2015 E400/ML400 has lower power output than the 2014 E550/ML550, but the ML400 is even more expensive than the ML550. 62,900. So basically speaking, you pay more to get less. Despite any official explanations and excuses, this situation does in fact, conveys one message to us: Mercedes-Benz wants to raise its product鈥檚 price. Mercedes-Benz wants to sell higher trims of the E-class and M-class for higher MSRPs.

If you follows Mercedes-Benz news, you may have already known that for the 2015 model year, there is no more 鈥?50鈥?model for the E-class and M-class. Also gone with the E550/ML550 will be the 4.6L twin-turbo V8 engine. The replacement for the E550 and ML550 will be the E400 and ML400, respectively. The E400 and ML400 will be powered by a 3.0L twin-turbo V6 engine, good for 329 hp and 354 lb-ft of torque. For the output numbers, this is a downgrade. For your reference, the V8 on the E550/ML550 has 402 hp and 443 lb-ft of torque. Not only the 2015 E400/ML400 has lower power output than the 2014 E550/ML550, but the ML400 is even more expensive than the ML550. 62,900. So basically speaking, you pay more to get less. Despite any official explanations and excuses, this situation does in fact, conveys one message to us: Mercedes-Benz wants to raise its product鈥檚 price. Mercedes-Benz wants to sell higher trims of the E-class and M-class for higher MSRPs.

Obviously, it knows if it directly raises the E550/ML550 MSRP, consumers will simply refuse to buy those cars. Therefore Mercedes uses this tactic: it deletes the E550/ML550, then introduces some new models which are 鈥渓ess powerful鈥?than the E550/ML550, and keeps (or even raises a little bit of) the price. This move is less aggressive, so most consumers will accept the change. Of course, at the time Mercedes revives the E550/ML550, the model number and naming will be changed. Remember in our previous report, Mercedes is going to introduce the 鈥淎MG Sport鈥?product line? Yes you are right: the deletion of the V8 E550/ML550 and the birth of AMG Sport models are not coincident, they are connections between this two events. So according to our source, in the next one or two year, we will see AMG Sport trim for the E-class and M-class. Actually the AMG Sport trim is very likely to expand to most Mercedes models. Below are spy shots of the first AMG Sport model: the C450 AMG Sport.

By now, it鈥檚 probably no mystery than engine downsizing is not just some short-lived trend, but an ongoing, persistent pattern that almost all automakers are pursuing to meet government-mandated CO2 and fuel-economy targets worldwide. The latest model to fall into line with the mega-trend is the 2015 Mercedes-Benz ML400. The model effectively replaces last year鈥檚 ML550, which was powered by a twin-turbocharged 4.7L V-8 producing 402 hp and 443 lb-ft of torque. The new engine is not quite as stout, cranking out 329 hp and 354 lb-ft. Also new for 2015 is the ML250 Bluetec. This is the only four-cylinder ML offered in the U.S. 鈥檚 ML350 Bluetec鈥檚 3.0L turbodiesel V-6, which continues as an option in the larger GL three-row SUV. Official economy estimates for the ML250 Bluetec have not yet been released, but its little brother, the GLK250, with the same powertrain returns 24 mpg city and 33 mpg highway.

We鈥檙e figuring about a 2 mpg haircut for the larger, heavier ML, which would still result in an outstanding 22/31 performance. However, the redesigned BMW X5 3.5d gets 23 city 31 highway on the EPA tests with a larger, more powerful 3.0L I-6 diesel, so Mercedes is likely trying to meet or surpass the figure of its arch-rival. Finally, if you鈥檙e a fan of V-8 power in the ML, your only choice for 2015 will be the ML63 AMG, which returns with 518 hp and 516 lb-ft or 550 hp and 560 lb-ft with the optional performance package. If economy is your priority, the AMG is definitely not the best choice, with a comparatively ravenous fuel appetite of 13 mpg city and 17 mpg highway. That said, we鈥檝e tested this Teutonic treat and can attest it鈥檚 a blast to drive. 925 destination. The ML400 will be in dealerships in August, and the ML250 Bluetec will be in dealerships starting in September.

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