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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...

Mercedes-Benz has used the 7G-Tronic transmission for many years, it is time for a renewal.

Last year, Mercedes-Benz has released its successor: the 9G-Tronic 9-speed transmission, and was firstly put in the 2014 E350 BlueTEC sedan, the CLS 220/250/350 BlueTEC and also the CLS500.

Now the factory has decided to extend the new transmission to the latest S500 Coupe. According to Mercedes-Benz, the 9G-Tronic transmission is able to handle torque up to 737 lb-ft (1,000 Nm). More information and detailed analysis about this transmission, can be found in our article three month ago:

Insight: the Mercedes-Benz 9G-Tronic nine speed transmission