What can you say about driving a Mercedes-Benz S-Class?
It's luxurious, smooth, powerful, packed with features, impressive on the road, and very, very large.
Now you can add another adjective: green. While the S 400 Hybrid has been in the mix for two years, Mercedes-Benz is launching a clean-diesel version of the S-Class for 2012.
The 2012 Mercedes-Benz S 350 Bluetec ears EPA ratings of 21 mpg city, 31 mpg highway, for a combined rating of 25 mpg--versus the 19 mpg city, 25 mpg highway, and 21 mpg combined ratings of the hybrid S-Class.
700 miles of range
With its 22-gallon fuel tank, the diesel S-Class offers almost 700 miles of highway range, ensuring that drivers' bladders will demand a stop long before the vehicle does. The 7-gallon tank for AdBlue urea liquid nestles inside the spare tire under the trunk floor, meaning trunk space remains the same as in any other S-Class.
We spent a few hours last week in the 2012 Mercedes-Benz S 350 Bluetec, which has an updated version of the 3.0-liter Bluetec turbodiesel V-6 engine fitted to the standard Mercedes-Benz seven-speed automatic transmission.
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