This car has a 4 door saloon (sedan) type body with a front located engine supplying power to the rear wheels.
The S 450 CDI L is part of Mercedes-Benz's V 221 series of cars.
Power is produced by a double overhead camshaft, 4 litre turbocharged 8 cylinder engine, with 4 valves per cylinder that develops power and torque figures of 315.5 bhp (320 PS/235 kW) at 3600 rpm and 730 N·m (538 lb·ft/74.4 kgm) at 2200 rpm respectively.
A 7 speed automatic gearbox transfers the power to the wheels.
Stated kerb weight is 2150 kg.
Maximum stated speed is 250 km/h (155 mph), and carbon dioxide emissions are 240.0 g/km.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 3165 mm | 124.6 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1600 mm | 63 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1606 mm | 63.2 inches | |
| Length | 5226 mm | 205.7 inches | |
| Width | 1871 mm | 73.7 inches | |
| Height | 1479 mm | 58.2 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.65 | ||
| Kerb weight | 2150 kg | 4740 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 90 litres | 19.8 [23.8] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | turbocharged diesel | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Mercedes-Benz | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 | ||
| Capacity | 4 litre 3996 cc (243.851 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 86 × 86 mm
3.39 × 3.39 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 32 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 320 PS (315.5 bhp) (235 kW) at 3600 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 730 Nm (538 ft·lb) (74.4 kgm) at 2200 rpm |
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| Specific output | 58.9 kW/litre 80.1 ps/litre 79 bhp/litre 1.29 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
182.68 Nm/litre
2.21 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 17:1 | ||
| Fuel system | common rail direct diesel injection | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 2295.7 kPa (333 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 499.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Turbo D. | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 6.6 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 250 km/h (155 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 148.78 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.15 PS/kg 109.43 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.11 kW/kg 146.74 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.15 bhp/kg 0.07 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 9.14 kg/kW 15.26 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 240.0 g/km NEDC | ||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | L | ||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | E | ||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.4Li.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.MultiLi.ARB. | ||
| Wheel size front | 8½J x 18 ET43 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 8½J x 18 ET43 | ||
| Tyres front | 255/45 R 18 | ||
| Tyres rear | 255/45 R 18 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 350 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 320 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 7 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.73 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 2.47 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 198627 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| Model family | V 221 | ||
| RAC rating | 36.7 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2009 Mercedes-Benz S 450 CDI L added 2009-05-25. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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