520 Te
chnic aldata
Service prod uctsan dca pac ities Fuel co
nsum ption
Th ev ehicle will use morefuel tha nusualin
the following situation s:
! at ve rylow temperat ures
! in ur ban tra ffic
! onshort tri ps
! inmo unt ainous terrain
Th eco nsu mption figur eswer edetermined
in acco rdan ce with EU Dir ective 80 /
1268 /EEC under thefo llowing test cond i-
tions:
! Urba ndriving cond itio ns ares imulat ed
by frequ ent pulling away and stopp ing.
! Common extra -urb an driving condi-
tion sare si mulated by accelerating
fr om 0 to 120 km /husing all ge ars.
! Totalfu el co nsumpt ion is calcu lated
us inga weight ing ofappro ximat ely 37%
fo r urban driving andap prox imately
63 %forex tra-urban drivi ng. i
The act ualco nsumption values of your vehi-
cl ema ydevia tefrom the values give ndepending
on:
! Driving style
! Road and traffic conditions
! Environmen tal influ ences
! Vehicle’s operating state
Merce des-Benz isconstantl yupdating its
vehicles to the state of thear t. Consu mp-
tion va luesare sub ject to cha ngea nd may
th erefo re di ffer from thos elist ed he re,
which werecorrect atthe tim eof going
to print. Th ecu rre ntconsu mption values
ma ybe found intheCOC docum ents (EC
CERT IFICATE OF CO NFORMI TY).Th ese
doc uments aresu pplied when th evehicle
is del iver ed.
! Theu seof non-approved fuel additives can
lead toincreased wear and engine damag e.The
use of such fuel addit ives whichh aveno tbeen
approved will limit your warranty ent itlement. H
Enviro nm ental note CO
2(ca
rbon dioxi de)is agas whic hscien-
ti sts be lieve tobe pr incipa lly re sponsibl efor
gl obal warming (the greenhouse ef fect).
Your vehicle’s CO
2em
issions aredir ectly
relate dto fuel consumpt ion an dth erefore
depe ndon:
! effic ient use ofthe fuel by the engi ne
! thestyle of driving
! other non -tec hn ical factors ,suc h as en-
vi ro nm ental inf luen cesor road con di-
ti ons
You canminimi se yourveh icle’s CO
2em
is-
sions by drivingcar efully an dha ving it serv-
ic ed regularl y. 216_R
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