Wow , did anyone see the new diesel delivery, passenger vans. Must be European.

On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 04:27:13 GMT, wrote:

Same as a Freightliner - made by Mercedes. Quite the truck!!!

 

some dealers are saying it's intended to replece the full size dodge van.

 

One of the car magazines did a test on the truck and they liked it. Better
gas mileage than the full size vans and a bigger box too.

 

You mean the "sprinter?" Its a Mercedes. The "best van made" (said of
the Ram van from the early 70s on) is no longer going to be made :-(

 

There was a write up about them in the Toronto Star a couple of weeks ago.
Said that despite the low hp ratings it wasn't slow for a van. Lots of
torque.

The website is from Canada so not sure if they are in the US yet.

http://www.daimlerchrysler.ca/CA/04/EN/DODGE/1,,CA-04-EN-DODGE-SPRINTER,.html

They are a MB delivery van with options. I prefer the look of the real MB
one. Its a good Van for someone who wants to haul a lot of cargo or a lot of
people.

James Linn

 

Wow. Does it come in a window version? I've seen the cargo vans. I agree
there's no mistaking its European background. I would bet it's superior in
many ways to Dodge vans, but it's kinda ugly.

 

If you go to the website I mentioned in the other post you can see all the
configurations - passenger vs cargo and low roof versus high.

I've seen the Mercedes version, done up as a Fed Ex fleet truck, outside a
Daimler Chrysler office. Its definitely better looking, but doubt that you
could order one at your local MB dealer.

The article in the Star also mentioned the idea that its not a replacement
for the RAM van - its generally bigger than that, and aimed at fleet
sales -cargo, airport/corporate shuttles etc. I bet we will see a camping
conversion too.

James

James Linn

 

I would bet its INFERIOR in EVERY way, and is ugly on top of that. Its
hard to get a better van foundation than the Ram was.