Kowalski

I would reckon they should go with a lighter, smaller twin-turbocharged engine for the AMG version. A 4.0 V6 Twin-Turbo with 460 Bhp with two mini turbos for each three cylinders (just like in the BMW 335i) would do fine, because there would not be any turbo-lag at all and the weight at the front would be a whole lighter than a big V8 shoehorned under the bonnet.

Besides, smaller Turbocharged engines are new trend from now on; because they are more powerful and yet they are more economical and pollute less than a bigger normally aspirated engine. Expect to see the return of the Golf GTI 1.6 with 4 mini turbos for each pair of cylinders producing 400 Bhp.

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cawimmer430

CHECK THE FIRST PAGE, I POSTED A SHORT SCAN FROM AUTOBILD. APPARENTLY MERCEDES IS REALLY WORKING ON THIS CAR!!!

The Artist

Lol thats the MB we all know and love..
kill the competition with almost 100hp more..haha

Just_me

and with a price twice as much. good kill

bum-man

It mentions something about TFSI 333PS, what is that all about Christian? And wow a C400 4-matic?! That would be able to take on a RS4 in acceleration!

cawimmer430

That's the Audi high-performance engine designed to take on the BMW 335i and the Mercedes C400 Biturbo. It's a 3-l engine, probably a V6 and TFSI I suppose is some sort of stratified fuel injection (probably Audi's label of direct injection).

I have to edit my first post. The C400 Biturbo will be availble only in 4Matic according to this.

Just_me

and when is the engine coming, 2007, 2008, 2009?

Harry Plopper

Btw, AutoBild also reported few weeks ago Aston Martin was sold to LVMH Group.

The C400 performance numbers are odd.
Why?

A non AMG car below 4sec? C'mon!
And a C-class! A sedan! C'mon!

What then the AMG cars? Or even AMG coupes?
C'mon, SLR does in 3.8sec! So if C400 does 0-100kmh in 4sec. Will the C AMG do it below 4sec? Thats then in SLR range!!! C AMG in SLR range???

*****

But V6 bi-turbo 4.0L 400+HP engine seems possible - but not to take on 335i, but as a substitute to 388HP V8 engine (eg. instead of CLK500).

It will be in a different price segment than 335i.

*****

Regarding BMW N54 engine: why do you think BMW went turbo? Greater performance, less fuel consumption, lighter engine, and easier up-tuning. 306PS was a marketing decided output - this baby is capable of much more. And BMW is already technologically upgrading the engine - also due the stiff competition from Audi & MB. So expect BMW to boost N54 output soon.

The Artist

^fun for those who just got their 335´s.. upgrade so soon

obviously that 4s figure is supposed to be 5s so dont put any more weight on that

There is no V8 in the C class..so it wont replace anything
and it wont replace the 500 as the 500 is a classic MB engine..and a fairly new one at that..so it should get a bost if this comes along

and the price class??

well MB´s are always more expenisve it wont be doubble the price of the 335 that is just nutts.. that like 80K euro then..
im guessing around 50-55K euro.. that is approx 10-15 K more than the 335...
i would pay that for 100hp more ,,and most likely a shit load of more torque..

Just_me

I doubt that is happening. its not like 350 engiens and 500 engines are cheaper than the 335i. Stop dreaming Artist, that C400 wont be cheap.

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