2014 Mercedes-Benz E350 4MATIC Coupe

Two doors, a long hood and short rear deck, minimum ground clearance, sticky low-profile tires and a prestigious logo with swoopy style: try drilling for the next vehicle search criteria below. This is what he said to you? Sports car? Great tour? You get spit what kind of car do you think?

The redesigned Mercedes E-class coupe version can be opened. Nor what a GT sports car, sports coupe, but does not necessarily require large horsepower your concept of this vehicle type is not particularly a stretch. Aside from megathrust under heading 2014 E350 coupe sheetmetal running a personal luxury car, elegant interior, symphonic sound track day bucket seats, and has almost everything you could desire an athletic suspension.

This standard E350 power shortage does not mean suffering. Its twin cam 24-valve V-6 internal combustion finished is a long way yet to provide further evidence of the 3.5-liter, high compression ratio courtesy (12.0: 1), direct injection, a short stroke, variable valve timing, a lofty 7000 rpm redline and healthy 86.2 horsepower per liter.


output features 6500 rpm and 3500 rpm 273 lb-ft of torque has 302 horsepower. Compared with this may seem a 402 horses and E550 the 4.7-liter V-8 warm, when compared with the £ 443-ft on tap small and E63 AMG sedan twin-turbo 5.5-liter V thoughtless output is absolutely breath -8 (550 horsepower 531 lb-ft) and even header E63 AMG S (577 horses, 590 lb-ft). And it pushes the E400, near the horizon for the US market has a twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter V-6 (328 horsepower, 354 lb-ft) forget.

However, the automatic Mercedes' seven-speed alliance with fresh, naturally aspirated V-6 from the four-wheel drive 60 mph in 5.5 seconds, push the two-ton coupe and produces enough snort at 14.2 quarter mile strip along the 100 miles. Yes, E550 0-to-60 sprint and AMG version (sedan or wagon, no cups) about two seconds will reduce time-to-speed about going to shoot off a second. But significant expense to the increase: the power to go to the E550 4MATIC E63 coupe and add $ 35,000 more than $ 4,000 for the north. But what needs to go so fast?

Transmission Factor

V-6 is smooth and quiet demeanor make a cute travel companion on their own, but the seven-speed automatic available output is equally important in many productions. However, right-now, Volkswagen and Porsche double-clutch gearbox changes completely drivers Benz response speed of the paddle shifters will be particularly impressed-although certainly get no worse than the average in this regard. In addition, the transmission test track report "does not hold any gear shift mode." He noted


Although impressive by anyone's standards, the way that traditional employment automatically when the response transmission. Upshifts CVT drive that is not concrete enough to reassure drivers, smooth, foot gear is just a tap away. Check the 30-to-50- and 50-to-70-mph times. The seven-speed third or even second the request of the right gear is always the driver feels like matching a nanosecond throws down how high gear.

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Likewise, the E350 stop-start system continues to be among the best in the business. When the engine is restarted, almost transparent, and the elimination of stoplights idling engine drives this prestigious EPA fuel economy estimates for a heavy car fire for what helps: 20 mpg city and 28 highway. We recorded a 22 mpg EPA combined under evaluation.