Mr Mercedes and cawimmer430 picture me jumping out of my chair reading this!!!!!!!
I remember when the direct-injection V6 was shown very quietly with the hybrids a little while ago. I said to myself that Mercedes is going to put this engine in production soon enough and poof! Here it is!!!!!!!!!
This works out to 288hp for the U.S. market E350. Remember that Edmund's article in which MB said that the world's cleanest direct injection petro engine was coming to the U.S.? I think they're looking to make a big splash with the new FL E because it has gotten a black eye over the last few years.
We all were just talking about how Mercedes was taking their time with direct injection for their petrol engines and here they are, just as I predicted.
Another prediction: The new V8s will get the technology in 2007 for 2008 model Benzes!!!! Watch and see. Expect the 5.5L V8 to go over 400hp with less fuel consumption.
M