2015 Mercedes-Benz ML400 tagged posts

If you follows Mercedes-Benz news, you may have already known that for the 2015 model year, there is no more “550” model for the E-class and M-class. Also gone with the E550/ML550 will be the 4.6L twin-turbo V8 engine. The replacement for the E550 and ML550 will be the E400 and ML400, respectively.

The E400 and ML400 will be powered by a 3.0L twin-turbo V6 engine, good for 329 hp and 354 lb-ft of torque. For the output numbers, this is a downgrade. For your reference, the V8 on the E550/ML550 has 402 hp and 443 lb-ft of torque.

Not only the 2015 E400/ML400 has lower power output than the 2014 E550/ML550, but the ML400 is even more expensive than the ML550...

Today Mercedes-Benz USA announced the news that, for the 2015 model year, the M-Class SUV will discontinue the V8 ML550, which will be replaced by the ML400, comes with a twin-turbo V6 which also can be found in the 2015 C400, output is identical: 329 hp and 354 lb-ft of torque, good for a 0-60 mph acceleration of 6.0 seconds. Fuel consumption is greatly improved from the ML550’s 14/20 mpg (city/highway) rating to a much better 18/22 mpg result.

Despite downgrading from the V8 to V6 and also a big drop of horsepower/torque (402 to 329hp, 443 to 354 lb-ft of torque), the 2015 ML400 is more expensive than the 2014 ML550...