C-Class 2014 Mercedes C-Class Van

[bmer]

What does it matter if MB makes minivans, trucks or any other type of vehicle, as long as the products themselves are up to the standards of the brand?

Exactly. It's easy to forget that Daimler is the 2nd largest truck manufacturer in the world but only the 13th largest car manufacturer.

 

[K-A]

Is that all M-B branded Trucks, or Daimler branded, or a combo of both?

 

[Nicks]

Is that all M-B branded Trucks, or Daimler branded, or a combo of both?

Combo, but there's no Daimler branded trucks, just some divisions they've bought like Western Star, Freightliner,Mitsubishi Fuso etc.

 

[Nicks]

And wikipedia says they were number 1 in the world as of 2009

 

[K-A]

Ah, that's what it must be. I've seen "Daimler Trucks" in recent articles (they're in the News right now due to adding a bunch of jobs in the U.S), but the grilles and branding were clearly not M-B.

 

[Human]

Of course. When MB makes a new niche car, BMW has to follow ASAP, and when BMW makes a new niche car (3er GT in this case), be sure MB follows shortly after.
Somehow they obsessively want to compete with each other in every possible model line that exists (or not yet exists)

Case in point - ML Coupe * X6

 

[K-A]

Yuck. It even has a dropping line, lol.

 

[KiwiRob]

And wikipedia says they were number 1 in the world as of 2009

There are no Daimler badged trucks, there are Mercedes badged trucks, the Mercedes Actros is one of the biggest selling heavy trucks in Europe. As you can see it's clearly branded Mercedes. It doesn't appear to cause any harm to Mercedes automobile sales.

 

[K-A]

Damn, M-B manages to make even Big Rigs sexy.

 

[KiwiRob]

Here's a list appended below, in case you dont want to wait for the rumored 2015 C-Van.
If C-Class Touring and GLK are too small, one doesn't like the E and the R-Class is too large, there's the ML?

PS. My friends in Scandinavia drive GLK (2), ML (1) and GL (1).

And the ML is hugely expensive, with a few options it's going to be over 1 million NOK for an ML250, that's why the C Class van will be perfect, loads of room, smaller than an R Class and most likely cheaper than an E Class wagon.

 

[Wolfgang]

CLR Mercedes Concept Car - Design Nation

 

[Wolfgang]

Mercedes Benz CLR

by ~publicacion

New Mercedes Benz CLR Concept.

Hydrogen powered.

It's a fast, luxurious limousine.

Mercedes Benz CLR by ~publicacion on deviantART

 

[Wolfgang]

Auto Motor und Sport speculates on a 2015 next C-Class (W205) based van.

 

[KiwiRob]

Wolfgang this looks more like something that would be based off the B class then the next C class.

 

[Wolfgang]

^^^ True. AMS might be mistaken, we'll see.

PS. The BMW version of the van is here:

http://www.germancarforum.com/new-b...active-tourer-spy-pics-info-5.html#post553730

 

[KiwiRob]

The BMW isn't too bad, the MINI version is nasty. My wife drives a Touran, it will need to be replaced in a couple of years, I would replace it with either the BMW or the Mercedes so long as it has enough space across the back for three kids, two of which will be in child seats.

 

[Wolfgang]

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