Mercedes-Benz Starts Unique Diesel Marathon From Europe to Asia
21 Octobre 2006 - 4:42PM
PR Newswire (US)
PARIS, October 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - Start of the
Long-Distance Route Paris - Beijing 2006 - Cross reference: Picture
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- With Photo An extraordinary automobile adventure started today in
the French capital. This afternoon, in the shadow of the Eiffel
Tower, 36 Mercedes-Benz E-Class vehicles powered by clean diesel
started on a long-distance journey of over 13,600 kilometres to
Beijing, where the fleet will arrive on 17 November. Mercedes-Benz
intends to use the diesel marathon across two continents to
demonstrate the global potential of its drive technology. Over the
course of the five stages, a total of 360 drivers from 35 countries
will be seated behind the wheels of the E-Class models, which will
cover a combined distance of more than 490,000 kilometres before
arriving in the Chinese capital. (Photo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061021/230947 ) "The
long-distance route from Paris to Beijing is not about speed.
Rather, the sporting challenge for the participants is to achieve
the lowest possible consumption on the individual stages and across
the overall distance", declared Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the
DaimlerChrysler AG Board of Management and Head of the Mercedes Car
Group, yesterday evening in the Automobile Club de France, the
oldest automobile club in the world. "70 years after Mercedes-Benz
launched the diesel engine in series car production as the first
manufacturer, we want to demonstrate again the high level of
performance of the modern diesel engine in terms of emission,
economy and range, even under the most extreme conditions. We are
convinced that in future modern diesel engines can continue the
success story around the world, something which has long been
reality in Western Europe with market shares of over 50 percent."
The fleet for the long-distance route is made up of production
E-Class models, some of which have the four-wheel drive, 4MATIC. In
addition to 33 E 320 CDIs, the field also includes three E-class
vehicles with BLUETEC. This forward-looking technology makes the
Mercedes-Benz saloon the cleanest diesel in the world. Worldwide,
the E 320 BLUETEC is the first and only diesel engine that
generates figures below the extremely strict US BIN8 exhaust gas
standard, particularly in respect of nitrogen oxide emission. The
320 BLUETEC has been sold in the USA (in 45 states) and Canada
since 15 October 2006. The engine consumes up to 30 percent less
fuel than comparable vehicles with the gasoline engines in North
America. With its enormous range of up to 1,200 km on one tank, it
is predestined for an automobile marathon such as the Paris -
Beijing - just as is the E 320 CDI. The route of the "E-Class
Experience" passes through France, Germany, Poland, Lithuania,
Latvia, Estonia, Russia and Kazakhstan to China. The itinerary
largely follows that of the first transcontinental car race in
history, which was run between Beijing and Paris 99 years ago. On
this occasion, the aim of the French initiators was to demonstrate
the technical superiority of the car over the horse. The winner was
the Italian aristocrat, Scipione Borghese, who crossed the
finishing line after 62 days, with his competitors arriving in
Paris three weeks later. In a re-run of the long-distance route,
360 drivers from 35 countries will be sitting behind the wheel on
the five stages - of between 1,750 und 3,550 kilometres. These
include international journalists, VIPs and online applicants
selected from more than 50,000 Internet applications. Due to the
overwhelming demand, Mercedes-Benz increased the number of E-Class
vehicles to 36 saloons shortly before the start. The most unusual
vehicle in the fleet is a Parisian E-Class taxi, which is to
accompany the convoy across the total distance over eight borders
and six time zones. Contact: Frank Bracke, phone +49-711-17-75852,
Wolfgang Zanker, phone +49-711-17-75847, Internet address: For more
information on "Paris-Beijing", including Google Maps, showing the
real-time positions of the participating vehicles, go to:
http://www.e-class-experience.com/ For your journalistic research,
please log on to: http://www.paris-beijing2006.com/. (login:
"media", password "paris-beijing") A picture accompanying this
release is available on AP Archive: PR1 DaimlerChrysler
(NYSE:DCX)(DAX:DCX) news at http://www.media.daimlerchrysler.com/
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061021/230947DATASOURCE:
DaimlerChrysler AG CONTACT: Contact: Frank Bracke, phone
+49-711-17-75852, ; Wolfgang Zanker, phone +49-711-17-75847,
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