Straight sixes return to Merc: Modular engines to debut In 2016 E-class and 2017 C-class, three and four-pot versions also expected

摘要

DEVELOPMENT OF Mercedes' in-line six-cylinder engines is well underway, Autocar has learned. Long-regarded as a defining characteristic of the brand, its straight-sixes were phased out in the mid-1990s. The engines are part of a new modular powertrain architecture that will spawn three and four-cylinder units as well as the six-pot versions. The new engines are expected to be launched in 2016 under the bonnet of the next-gen E-class, codenamed W213.