What’s new here is Mercedes’ OM656 straight-six – the most powerful diesel engine ever fitted to a G-Class. It forms one third of an engine line-up that otherwise consists of twin-turbocharged petrol V8s (though, as it stands, in the UK we’ll have the 586bhp G63 but not the 416bhp G500), and also serves in the luxury S-Class.
In Mercedes’ flagship saloon there are two states of tune, and it's the lower one the G350d gets, with 282bhp from 3400rpm and 442lb ft arriving at only 1200rpm. Admittedly, these are relatively modest gains over the 3.0-litre BlueTEC V6 diesel that powered the outgoing G350d, but a combined fuel economy of 29.4mpg is a useful improvement over the old car’s 25.2mpg. The claimed 0-62mph time has also fallen from 9.1sec to just 7.4sec, which looks to be a similarly useful real-world improvement.
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In Mercedes’ flagship saloon there are two states of tune, and it's the lower one the G350d gets, with 282bhp from 3400rpm and 442lb ft arriving at only 1200rpm. Admittedly, these are relatively modest gains over the 3.0-litre BlueTEC V6 diesel that powered the outgoing G350d, but a combined fuel economy of 29.4mpg is a useful improvement over the old car’s 25.2mpg. The claimed 0-62mph time has also fallen from 9.1sec to just 7.4sec, which looks to be a similarly useful real-world improvement.
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