Two automaker giants, Mercedes Benz and BMW decided on a product collaboration to develop a less complex mild hybrid which they could both put into their vehicles. By 2010, the two giant automakers should have come up with the very first model under that program as they have promised. They will be merging the 3.0-liter Bluetec diesel V6 to the new hybrid setup. It will have a fuel economy of 43.6 miles per gallon in U.S.

A press release from Mercedes-Benz via Autoblog states that the Mercedes S-Class that has the petrol hybrid will be introduced during the same time that the Mercedes ML450 Hybrid will be introduced. The S 400 Hybrid will also be available in Europe in mid-2009. it sports a 205 kW/279 hp V6 petrol engine that is combined with a hybrid module which could deliver from the outset 160 Nm and 15 kW/ 20 hp. The maximum power output when these two are combined is 220 kW/299 hp and their torque is to 375 Newton meters.

The S 400 Hybrid can achieve 0 to 100 km/h in 7.3 seconds and its electronically limited top speed is 250 km/h. nut even though its sports such great performance, its combustion engine needs 7.9 liters per 100 kilometers in the NEFZ cycle. This combustion cycle results in  carbon dioxide emissions of just 190 grams per kilometer. The S 400 Hybrid will then soon be considered the most fuel efficient luxury petrol engine saloon in the world. The F 700, the S 300 BLUETEC Hybrid, and the S 400 BLUETEC Hybrid are the only ones that can considerably improve on the world record that has been set by the S 400 Hybrid in the case of low fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions.

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