That’s priceless. A+.

hmm, more like an ugly woman who will let you use her 50% off gas discount. Not really worth it.

But there may be hope in her fit younger sister, who may be getting said discount.

From what I understood, a diesel engine is already noteably more expensive to produce, and of course a whole electric propulsion subsystem is quite expensive as well, making the theoretically appealing diesel-electric combination impractical in real-world terms.

Any insight on
1. the accuracy of my above assumptions
(and if true)
2. How / what Mercedes-Benz did to make this vehicle commercially viable?

I don’t know that much about how these things are made. Maybe that’s it? Is there some production or supply reason for the grills o death?

I can’t speak to the ugly part, but cars do have to meet pedestrian safety standards in Europe. Still, it seems they could’ve drawn at least a single attractive line somewhere on the GLK. As it sits, I can’t believe anyone would buy it for anything other than its Mercedes badge.

montgomery burns :
February 29th, 2008 at 1:57 pm

I’m not a fan of hybrids but an oil burner makes sense. I suppose with creative tuning you could use relatively small diesels or perhaps even gas turbines in cars that real people can drive.

The first thought I had was, “Why such ginormous wheels?” I know diesels have high torque numbers, but it looks like it’d take a PowerStroke to turn one of those monsters.

I’m not a fan of hybrids but an oil burner makes sense. I suppose with creative tuning you could use relatively small diesels or perhaps even gas turbines in cars that real people can drive.

Aerodynamics? Not likely.

Cooling? They aren’t all too big, just ugly.

I don’t know that much about how these things are made. Maybe that’s it? Is there some production or supply reason for the grills o death?