“I was accelerating out of Turn One when I felt a sudden vibration and then a loss of drive. The all-new 2007 Sprinter will roll out in markets all over the U.S. The company was established in 2007 with Daimler as the majority shareholder (50.1 percent). One example is Deutsche Accumotive GmbH & Co. KG, a joint venture between Daimler AG and Evonik Industries AG which focuses on system integration, development and production, as well as research and development of battery systems based on lithium-ion technology. As a result, since 2009 both companies have for example been committed, together with major energy suppliers, corporations in the mineral oil industry and other partners, to the "H2-Mobility" initiative for the comprehensive development of a hydrogen infrastructure in Germany. Offered from 2009 until 2010 is the E30 2,996cc V6 gasoline which packs 231hp at 6,000rpm and 300Nm at 2,500-5,000rpm, while the diesel propulsion is the OM651 DE22LA (that's a long engine code) 2,143cc 4-cylinder that is good for 168hp at 3,200-4,200rpm and 400Nm at 1,400-2,800rpm. Between the two, we'd choose the diesel available from 2010 since it is quick on its heels and can carry the 1,830kg vehicle effectively.
While travelling on the M40, a journey it has done literally hundreds of times, Mr & Mrs Lipscomb’s 20 year old Mercedes-Benz 190D 2.5 reached a significant milestone - 250,000 miles - and what an interesting journey it’s been. But here's a question that's a bit of both: can an old car be better than a new one? The 404 S was built with a 2.2 liter Mercedes gasoline engine instead of a diesel, one of few Unimog variants designed that way. The Mercedes-Benz C-Class 250 TD (W202) sedan and the T-model station wagon with the OM605 5-cylinder engine manufactured from 1992-2000 is probably one of the rearest cars in the Mercedes stable. From St. Petersburg in Russia, the cars will travel via Finland to the Swedish capital of Stockholm. Setting off from Stuttgart on January 30, the tour will initially head south via Paris, Barcelona and Madrid, to the Portuguese capital of Lisbon. Travelling via the Chinese capital of Beijing, the fuel cell cars will cover a distance of more than 10,000 kilometres across the continent of Eurasia, heading through the Kazakh cities of Almaty and Astana, to Moscow.
Thanks to its E-Drive modular system, Mercedes-Benz can bring standard-production electric cars to market quickly and achieve optimum cost efficiency. Especially with regard to alternative power train systems, the Japanese market plays an important role. The setting up of a comprehensive hydrogen infrastructure for electric vehicles with fuel cells is an important factor for the market success of this technology. To date the company has filed more than 750 patents for battery-powered vehicles - and over 380 of these involve lithium-ion technology. During the F-CELL World Drive, Mercedes-Benz will not only be demonstrating the performance of its vehicles, but at the same time will also make use of the tour to increase global awareness of the potential of fuel cell technology. With the F-CELL World Drive, Mercedes-Benz wants to prove the high degree of maturity which has been achieved with fuel cell technology and also highlight its potential on a global basis. Mercedes-Benz recognised this potential at an early stage, launching the first vehicle with fuel cell drive, the NECAR 1, as early as 1994. Since that time, the company has made very significant progress in the development of this technology, enabling it in the meantime to reach a very high level of technical maturity.
Mercedes-Benz is launching its first series-produced electric car with a fuel cell on the road: the new B-Class F-CELL. In addition, the B-Class F-CELL is powered by the same electric motor as used in the new A-Class E-CELL. With the B-Class F-CELL, the A-Class E-CELL, the smart fortwo electric drive and the Vito E-CELL, the company offers four locally zero-emission vehicles, all of which are equally ready for series production. Sprinter and offers two floorplan choices, the SS-Agile is based on the shorter 144" wheelbase Sprinter, and the SS-Ideal is also based on the 144" wheelbase Sprinter and boosts a rear slideout room that provides an extra 3 feet of living space. The work van aspect of the Sprinter clashes with the “Mercedes-Benz” nameplate in the plastics used on its dash, which are fine but maybe could have been of a better quality; we noticed some creakiness around the touchscreen infotainment system which just shouldn’t be there, even in a work vehicle. Daimler benefits here from the expertise it has accumulated through many years of research work.
