Mercedes Introduces First EU4 and Diesel Particulate Filter
Particulate filter for Mercedes diesel models of various performance categories
Innovative filter system operates without additives
Good everyday practicality and long service life at high efficiency
Mercedes-Benz will be the first car manufacturer in the world to offer the combination of EU 4 exhaust emission standard and diesel particulate filter for its high-selling diesel passenger cars. The combination of EU 4 and diesel particulate filter will initially be available for the C-Class and
E-Class models with four-cylinder CDI engines. To date, 85 percent of C-Class and about half of all E-Class diesel customers have opted for the 200 and 220 CDI engines. At the beginning of next year, the six-cylinder CDI engines in the E-Class and S-Class will follow suit, offering both EU 4 and diesel particulate filters.
The particulate filter system developed by Mercedes-Benz operates without additives and, depending on the individual use profile and thus with no fixed change interval, remains efficient over a very high mileage.
"This makes us the first manufacturer to offer a system which both adheres to the EU 4 limits and almost completely eliminates particulate emissions - and does so with our most important diesel engines, the one which dominate fleet business", says Professor Jürgen Hubbert, member of the Board of Management of DaimlerChrysler AG and Head of the Mercedes Car Group.
In Germany Mercedes-Benz is offering the combination of EU 4 and diesel particulate filter for the four-cylinder CDI models for a price of € 580 (incl. VAT). When registering such a vehicle for the first time, Mercedes customers in Germany, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Sweden and the Netherlands will enjoy tax benefits which effectively reduce the additional cost by a significant amount, or even balance it out completely.
