When tidings bring out that Ford was likelybringing back the Rangerpickup motortruck ( along with the Bronco ) , there was much exulting . Now that Mercedes has confirmed – yes , confirmed– that it ’s joining the modest pickup brigade next twelvemonth , the appropriate reaction is plausibly to look up and see if the sky is flow .
Meet the Mercedes - Benz X - Class conception pickup . While not totally unexpected – Mercedes has been whisper about this for age – its unveiling is more than a tad bit jarring to the senses . It ’s going into production next year , but before you gettooexcited , that does n’t mean you may buy one stateside .
have ’s start with the facts . The credit line of pickup , know as X - Class , is stand for to be the " first lawful premium pickup truck for the modern urban lifestyle , " which is maker - speak for lavishness truck that you’re able to aim down congest , narrow lane without running everyone off the route . As for how big it is , it ’s what you ’d count as a lowly truck – thinkChevy ColoradoorToyota Tacoma , instead of the full - sizedF-150 . That makes sense , see the markets Mercedes is targeting : Europe , South America , South Africa , and Australia .
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Inside , it ’s basically what you ’d expect from a forward-looking Mercedes . Plenty of connectivity for your phone , apps galore , quality leather , and so on . There ’s no parole yet on whether Mercedes will provide its glorious posterior - massager option , which would be pure after a prospicient day of work , even if the kind of " work " is more of the day-after-day commute and weekend " football " praxis variety .
As for how much of a performing artist it will be , the decade - Class is fundamentally the next - generationNissan Frontierunderneath a Germanized cutis . Renault - Nissan will be producing the hand truck for Mercedes in both Spain and Argentina .
The idea of a Mercedes truck as a nicened - up Nissan might seem odd at first , but once you get past the novelty , it ’s actually pretty soft to see it as the start of a trend . Ford ’s lackluster experiment with aLincoln rendering of the F-150notwithstanding , there ’s batch of elbow room to grow in the renascent small - motortruck grocery store in the US . A Lexus - ized Tacoma or Cadillac - erectile dysfunction Colorado would be very easy competition for a Mercedes truck , should Mercedes decide to bring it stateside .
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For the record book , Mercedesshoulddecide to fetch it stateside . We ’re demonstrably thirsty for the practicality of a motortruck without the ginormity of a full - size , and a sea of richly charge small motortruck make much more sense on American roadstead than on the roads where the X - Class will in reality be sold .
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