Originally Posted by Snake Vargas

Yeah, seriously, who needs such an engine in such a car? It's not like the E320CDI is so slow. People who need something fast would get an E63 or an E500.

I don't know what those cars cost, but the E420CDI has neither the great fuel economy nor the great acceleration to appeal to both of those types of people. It's stuck somewhere in the middle.

Better they leave this to the ML, GL, S and CL classes.