{"id":122772,"date":"2018-01-18T12:24:55","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T17:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedetroitbureau.com\/?p=122772"},"modified":"2018-01-18T14:13:55","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T19:13:55","slug":"mercedes-benz-doesnt-believe-us-is-good-market-for-diesel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/2018\/01\/mercedes-benz-doesnt-believe-us-is-good-market-for-diesel\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes-Benz Doesn’t Believe US is Good Market for Diesel"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The G-Wagen will not be coming to the U.S. with a diesel-based powerplant, even though it would likely meet all U.S. standards.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Even though it has a redesigned diesel that meets tight new European carbon dioxide standards that will take effect in 2020, Mercedes-Benz has no plans to offer a diesel-powered passenger car in the U.S, according to one of the German automakers top executives.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ola Kallenius, the head of research and development for the Mercedes-Benz Car Group, said the new diesel engine the automaker has designed is one of the most advanced internal combustion engines ever developed by the automaker.<\/p>\n

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However,\u00a0Mercedes has concluded that there simply isn’t enough consumer interest in diesel to warrant bringing\u00a0it to the U.S. market.<\/p>\n

“It does much better on emissions for Europe,” Kallenius said during an interview at the North American International Auto Show.<\/p>\n

(Schwarzenegger helps kick G-Wagen into high gear. <\/em>Click Here<\/a><\/span> for the story.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Mercedes-Benz is planning to offer a diesel engine in the new G-Wagen that it unveiled ahead of the NAIAS. However, the diesel version of the G-Wagen will not be sold in the U.S., Kallenius said.<\/p>\n

Throughout the years, Mercedes-Benz has offered various models in the U.S. with an optional diesel engine but it stopped selling diesel-powered vehicles in the U.S. after Volkswagen AG was engulfed in the “dieselgate” scandal that began with VW cheating on emission tests.<\/p>\n

(<\/em>Click Here<\/a><\/span> for details about the Ford F-150\u2019s new diesel offering.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

But Kallenius noted diesel-powered vehicles have never accounted for much business for Mercedes-Benz. The sales of the diesel-powered vehicles was limited, accounting for only 3% of the brand’s sales even in their best year, he noted. “The diesel doesn’t fit into our portfolio in the U.S.,” he added.<\/p>\n

Mercedes-Benz, however, is offering a diesel engine in its Sprinter vans, Kallenius said.\u00a0Sales of the Mercedes-Benz vans have continued to grow as demand has grown in the transport sector. It appears that e-Commerce with its need for package deliver has helped spur sales,” Kallenius said.<\/p>\n

(To see more about Mercedes putting a bit more panache on its new large ute, <\/em>Click Here<\/a><\/span>.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Kallenius also said that Mercedes-Benz is capable of building a business case for the 37 different body styles in its product portfolio even as the sport utility vehicles and crossover account for a larger portion of the brands sales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Despite having a shiny new diesel that would likely meet U.S. certification standards, Mercedes is electing to sit on the sidelines with the oil burner because demand is low. Find out more at TheDetroitBureau.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20009,"featured_media":122570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8,5],"tags":[],"make":[85],"post-state":[],"category_old":[150,151,132,196,139,288],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122772"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20009"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122772"},{"taxonomy":"make","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/make?post=122772"},{"taxonomy":"post-state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-state?post=122772"},{"taxonomy":"category_old","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category_old?post=122772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}