C220/C250 diesel

[apache]

Hi, new to the marque and am tempted by one of these for my other half. Commutes daily about 35 miles round trip. What's the mpg like on them and is the auto bettr than the manual?

[CatherineJ]

I had a 2005 C220 CDI which I bought to try and get better fuel economy than the 27 I got out of the M3.

I only managed to better the M3 by about 7 or 8 MPG.

[apache]

for a diesel?!!

[CatherineJ]

Exactly my thoughts. I was told that the consumption had suffered when the engine went EU4.

There was talk of a software fix from Mercedes, but the car went before Mercedes launched it.

[97+04]

yeah I had a 55 c220d. I was only getting high 20's.

Thats 1 reason why it went

[pentoman]

That's rubbish!

Older models (which original poster is talking about?) should be better though? Auto is never going to help fuel consumption but this seems a bit off?

The 220 would/shuold presumably be better than the not common rail 250.

[apache]

Ah, so the 220 is the better bet? and, yes, I'm talking £3k here so it won't be of this decade

[pentoman]

The five cylinder 2.5 turbo is not bad I don't think, although I think that block dates back quite a way (as does VWs 1.9 TDi). 150bhp. But a bit more of an old-school diesel, almost certainly more laggy and less responsive. But for engineering and reliability who knows, it may be better than the CDI. The CDI was developed during Mercedes' worst cost cutting years.

[niva441]

I was getting 38mpg out of my 98 C250 TD Auto, my current C220 auto is now getting about 43. It's taken about 6k miles for it to loosen up and achieve this, initially it was getting about 38.

[deva link]

They're awful on fuel if you have to stop/start a lot - they're heavy cars to get moving. The engines also take a lot of warming up - my fuel consumption doesn't settle down (up?) on cold days for 40 miles or so.

I have C270CDi auto and it'll do 30MPG on short commutes, but I really only use it for long motorway runs, where I can see 50MPG given reasonably clear traffic (high 40's is no problem). All numbers are off the trip computer, so probably a bit optimistic.

[niva441]

If it's an auto then that compromises the economy until it's into top gear and the torque converter locks up. So I tend to avoid using around town.