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Rumorpile: Details Spill Out On Mercedes-Benz's Truck

By William Maley

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  • New information comes out on Mercedes' new truck

We are still a few years out before Mercedes-Benz launches their new midsize truck, but new details have come out about the model.

 

CarAdvice got some information from an insider at a recent design forum in Australia. First, Mercedes will be calling the truck either X-Class or Z-Class. It seems the automaker is leaning towards X since it brings up images of ruggedness.

 

The truck will only be offered in a crew-cab variation which allows Mercedes not to spend a lot of time developing a regular or extended cab variations. It also gives Mercedes the ability to distance their truck from the Nissan Navara - the model which Mercedes is using as a base for their truck.

 

“Yes, to come to an attractive price we are using a common platform, but all the rest is done by Mercedes – to design, to develop the vehicle specifically to meet Mercedes criteria,” said Daimler board member Thomas Weber at the Detroit Auto Show.

 

There will three trim levels ranging from standard work truck to a fully-loaded model with all of the luxuries. Two diesel engines; a turbocharged 2.3L four-cylinder (188 horsepower and 332 pound-feet of torque) and a turbocharged six-cylinder (255 horsepower and 406 pound-feet of torque) will be on offer. A part-time four-wheel drive system will be standard on the base and mid-level model. The top trim model gets a full-time system.

 

One question still up in the air is whether or not the U.S. will get this truck. Then Mercedes-Benz USA CEO Steve Cannon expressed interest in selling it here and that a final decision is expected sometime this year.

 

Source: CarAdvice

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    The Mercedes truck wouldn't have the same engines or transmissions or body or interior as the Nissan though.  It would probably have less in common with the Nissan Frontier than a Chrysler 200 has with a Jeep Cherokee.

     

    How would you know?  Nissan is building their QX30 out of mostly Benz parts. 

     

    That they are, but none of the body panels or interior is the same.   And in this case, the Nissan would use their engine/tranny and I'd suspect Mercedes would use theirs, I suppose they could offer air suspension too.

     

     

    Erm... a LOT of the QX30 interior is spec Benz parts. 

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    I wonder if the new Frontier is going to be like the Titan in being full-sized because it'll be that 1/4 step needed to classify as one.

     

    But then again, I'm pretty sure no one has seen what the regular Titan will be size wize.

     

    Daimler makes a lot of commercial vehicles.

     

    As a Mercedes branded one, yeah they get some kind of preferential treatment in terms of why people turn a blind side to all the brand diluting fleet vehicles that their commercial footprint really is.

     

    I expect the interior - probably the loaded selling point of this truck to resemble a last gen sparsely equipped C-Class in terms of fully-loaded materials quality.

     

    In other words, the only trucks that have truly stand-out, luxury class interiors that are not plastering of wood and leather jobs are those trucks that don't have pick-up beds. 

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