What does CGI mean on Mercedes?

What does CGI mean on Mercedes?

charged gasoline injection Priced from $57,900 (plus on-road and dealer costs), the C200 CGI sedan opens the range with an all-new direct-injection (hence the CGI acronym, which means charged gasoline injection) 1.8-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine that produces 135kW and 270Nm.

What is the difference between Mercedes Kompressor and CGI?

The CGI engine uses homogeneous direct injection with high-precision piezoelectric injectors combined with turbocharged for an increase in output from a small displacement engine. Alternatively, the Kompressor engine used a supercharger which drew its power from the engine, thereby increasing the petrol consumption.

Is CGI petrol or diesel?

At present, it is being sold in three variants, of which, Mercedes-Benz C-Class C 200 CGI is the only petrol trim. Like other variants of this model series, it is also incorporated with a number of innovative features that gives the occupants a luxury feel while traveling.

How does a CGI engine work?

In a CGI engine, the air and fuel mixture is not mixed until they reach the combustion chamber. The intake ports are carefully engineered to provide optimum flow and swirl, making combustion as fast and as complete as possible.

What is CDI and CGI?

CGI is petrol (gasoline); CDI is diesel. Hope that clears it up.

What does Kompressor mean in Mercedes?

In simple terms, a supercharger is an air compressor, hence Mercedes-Benz's slightly stylized Kompressor name. This means that the compressed air is forced into the engine to provide extra power.

Is CGI a turbo?

As mentioned earlier, CGI is a fancy term that stands for Charged Gasoline Injection – referring the sort of engine employed in the C200. It's a four-cylinder power plant that uses a turbocharger, rendering a power output characteristic of a vehicle with a slightly larger engine capacity.

Is a Kompressor a turbo?

A turbocharger is driven by the exhaust gasses coming from the engine, a “kompressor" is a supercharger which is belt driven blower that forces more air into the combustion chamber than if it were naturally aspirated. The accomplish the same thing, it's just that one is driven by a belt and the other by exhaust gas.

What goes wrong with C-class?

Unusually for a modern car, the Mercedes C-Class can suffer from rust, most commonly around the edge of the boot lid, close to the boot release handle. The door mirrors can also be problematic, with noisy folding and adjusting motors and the integral indicator repeaters falling out of sync with the main units.

Does Mercedes use direct injection?

The New Direct Injection System The fuel system on the new four-cylinder and V6 engines represents the third generation of modern Mercedes-Benz gasoline direct injection systems. First used on Mercedes-Benz diesels, the electronic fuel injectors spray gasoline directly into the combustion chambers.