Mercedes Benz's Engine Downsizing Strategy

[Thaiyotakamli]

13 minutes ago, Jellandross said:

Pay Merc price for Toyota specs (maybe worse if factor in reliability). 

The shiny badge is very important to some ppl. 

In my opinion if spend a 300k merc and get tiny engine i will not accept it

if below 150k merc tiny engine still ok though. Anything above at least 2L engine

[TeamAMG69]

3 hours ago, Jellandross said:

Pay Merc price for Toyota specs (maybe worse if factor in reliability). 

The shiny badge is very important to some ppl. 

Shiny badge is very very important to many people

number 1 conti brand for 2019 (in terms of sales in SG)

unfortunately, no breakdown of actual models (A vs C vs E / S ) 

[Vinceng]

On 5/11/2020 at 3:10 PM, Krieger said:

 a C180 C class is barely making the brand a justice and now...C160? 

Wait till you see the S$227K E180 which shares the same 1.5L engine as the C160 😱

[TeamAMG69]

8 hours ago, Vinceng said:

Wait till you see the S$227K E180 which shares the same 1.5L engine as the C160 😱

yes, you are correct. 

MB C&C FB Q&A session confirm this fact a few times.

[Vinceng]

The E180 is still impressively fast, for the 1.5l to rocket the 1.5 tonnes body from 0-100 in an astonishing 8.6 secs. Faster than most 2.0l N.A. cars.

[Carbon82]

Did you all read the 1st post or not??

This thread is about engine downsizing strategy of Merceds-Benz, where I specifically mention 3 models using the same 1.5L engine...

1. C160
2. E180
3. CLS260

For those that don't know what is going on, go and read the 1st post again...

[Thaiyotakamli]

If it sells well next will be s class S260 with 1.5L engine

 

imagine the engine bay half full😂

[Roh96]

Engine downsize, price also downsize. Okay what. Some ppl like those tai tai or taokay just want to go for the model that cost the least. And the 1.5L spec still looks decent..seems faster than most Jap/korean equivalent.

[inlinesix]

Are we in a situation of 1st world infra with 3rd world equipment?

 

[ER-3682]

1 hour ago, Vinceng said:

The E180 is still impressively fast, for the 1.5l to rocket the 1.5 tonnes body from 0-100 in an astonishing 8.6 secs. Faster than most 2.0l N.A. cars.

8.6 Secs is in Lab test,real Life,in our hot Country,will be 10 Secs...

[Sdf4786k]

1 hour ago, inlinesix said:

Are we in a situation of 1st world infra with 3rd world equipment?

 

If those wfh folks venture to the stock market during covid. They may be able to swap out to 1st world ride after the june period.

[inlinesix]

1 hour ago, ER-3682 said:

8.6 Secs is in Lab test,real Life,in our hot Country,will be 10 Secs...

At night, cannot 8.6s?

[Ct3833]

On 5/14/2020 at 11:14 AM, inlinesix said:

Electric Harley

https://www.harley-davidson.com/us/en/motorcycles/livewire.html

Haha wah, like that they will need a huge amp to produce the  sound effect of their traditional bikes. 

[ER-3682]

1 hour ago, inlinesix said:

At night, cannot 8.6s?

i don't thin so,my M240i Claimed 0-100Km/h in 4.6 Secs,but it is using it Launch Control,normal Full Throttle from stop,the best 5.5 Secs....somemore i have Tuned the Car with Bootmod 3.

Edited May 16, 2020 by ER-3682

[ER-3682]

According to the Famous America Mechanic Scotty,such Small Turbocharged Engine with GDI,won't last long....Which i think quite true,the BMW 730iL[2.0,B48] seems have more Engine Problems than than the 740iL[3.0,B58]...

[Kiaowner]

Why do small turbo charged engines not last long?

Small engine capacity turbo engines seem to the the trend.

Skoda Octavia in 1.0 turbo - https://www.sgcarmart.com/news/review.php?AID=1323

Skoda Kodiaq SUV in 1.4 turbo -  https://www.sgcarmart.com/new_cars/newcars_specs.php?CarCode=12264&Subcode=6306

Seat Arona in 1.0 turbo - https://www.sgcarmart.com/new_cars/newcars_specs.php?CarCode=12210&Subcode=6171

BMW X1 in 1.5 turbo - https://www.sgcarmart.com/new_cars/newcars_specs.php?CarCode=11775&Subcode=7249

[inlinesix]

14 hours ago, ER-3682 said:

According to the Famous America Mechanic Scotty,such Small Turbocharged Engine with GDI,won't last long....Which i think quite true,the BMW 730iL[2.0,B48] seems have more Engine Problems than than the 740iL[3.0,B58]...

1,000hp B58 Supra

[ER-3682]

8 minutes ago, inlinesix said:

1,000hp B58 Supra

This is also ''OverBoosting'' a Small Engine...