Rossetts Commercials’ Oberaigner Mercedes-Benz Vito 4×4

Mercedes-Benz all-wheel drive commercial vehicles are legendary, and UK dealer Rossetts Commercials is fast developing a niche for itself in supplying all-wheel drive Mercedes-Benz vans — even models that aren’t officially imported to the UK.

The Surrey and Sussex-based dealer now has a hat-trick of all-wheel drive Mercedes vans on its demonstrator fleet:

• Mercedes-Benz Vito 4×4 (German import, left-hand drive only, modified by German specialists Oberaigner)
• Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 4×4 (available as right-hand drive official UK model)
• Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 6×6 (converted by German specialist Oberaigner, Rossett is the sole UK agent)

As you can see from the pictures below, these vans are the real deal, with raised suspension and genuine go-anywhere ability.

Although the Mercedes-Benz Vito 4×4 is available as an official Mercedes model, Rossetts isn’t importing this version — instead, the Vito 4×4 offered by the UK dealer is a Vito 4×4 with additional modifications by German all-wheel drive specialist Oberaigner. The main difference is that Oberaigner has added mechanical diff-locks for improved off-road performance.

Rossetts’ Vito 4×4 and Sprinter 4×4

The Sprinter 4×4 is no stranger to these pages, and is available as an official right-hand drive UK import.

However, if you need something altogether more serious, Rossetts is the sole UK agent for the unique 7.0-tonne Oberaigner Sprinter 6×6 conversion, which offers a 4-tonne payload plus serious off-road ability.

The Oberaigner Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 6×6 — this one is Rossetts’ demonstrator

More details

The Vito 4×4 is available as a Dualiner (crew cab) or panel van, and with a choice of 136 hp or 163 hp outputs from its 2.1-litre engine, which drives through an automatic transmission.

The Sprinter 4×4 comes with gross weights of 3.5 or 5.0 tonnes, and as a chassis cab or chassis crewcab, as well as with a panel van body. It can be specified with 129 hp or 163 hp versions of the 2.1-litre engine, or as a 190 hp 3.0-litre V6.

For more information on any of these models, contact Rossetts Commercials (www.rossetts.co.uk)