{"id":131,"date":"2008-04-29T17:02:32","date_gmt":"2008-04-29T16:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=131"},"modified":"2008-04-29T17:02:32","modified_gmt":"2008-04-29T16:02:32","slug":"mercedes-launch-lng-sprinter-with-1200km-range","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/131","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes Launch LNG Sprinter With 1200km Range"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mercedes-Benz have launched a natural gas-powered version of its popular Sprinter van. The van, which <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-132 alignright\" style=\"float: right;\" title=\"mercedes-sprinter-xlwb2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/mercedes-sprinter-xlwb2.jpg\" alt=\"Mercedes Sprinter XLWB\" width=\"200\" height=\"146\" \/>has a supercharged 1.8 litre petrol engine, generates 156hp and can run on petrol, LNG or CNG. Drivers can switch between natural gas and petrol power and the combination of a full petrol tank and a full gas tank will give the van an impressive 1200km range, according to Mercedes.<\/p>\n<p>Mercedes claim that the Euro 4-compliant, gas-powered Sprinter will have operating costs up to 30% below those of diesel-powered Sprinters and the vehicle has been successfully trialled by Deutsche Post, DHL and UPS in Germany. Compressed natural gas is especially popular in Germany, as the fuel benefits from a reduced tax rate that will last until at least 2018, offering van operators guaranted savings over diesel during that period.<\/p>\n<p>Although Mercedes have offered natural gas conversions of Sprinters before, this is the first purpose built gas\/petrol Sprinter van. The van should be available for sale anytime now, although I&#8217;m not sure how the price will compare to diesel models.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mercedes-Benz have launched a natural gas-powered version of its popular Sprinter van. The van, which Mercedes Sprinter XLWBhas a supercharged 1.8 litre petrol engine, generates 156hp and can run on petrol, LNG or CNG. Drivers can switch between natural gas and petrol power and the combination of a full petrol tank and a full gas tank will give the van an impressive 1200km range, according to Mercedes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[139],"tags":[175,240,241,239,29,118,96,156,242,157],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}