{"id":7168,"date":"2015-02-25T15:21:28","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T15:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=7168"},"modified":"2015-02-25T15:21:28","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T15:21:28","slug":"mercedes-benz-launches-citan-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/7168","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes-Benz launches Citan Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/mercedes-citan-sport-1-sm.jpg\" alt=\"Mercedes-Benz Citan Sport van\" width=\"350\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/mercedes-citan-sport-1-sm.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/mercedes-citan-sport-1-sm-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/mercedes-citan-sport-1-sm-50x35.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>High-specification sports vans have become popular in recent years,\u00a0thanks in part to the step change in performance and sophistication\u00a0that makes\u00a0today&#8217;s vans so\u00a0easy and pleasant to drive\u00a0&#8212; and quite stylish at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>Although models such as the Mercedes Vito Sport-X do provide additional performance, the Sports moniker is usually more about styling\u00a0and specification levels than outright\u00a0horsepower.<\/p>\n<p>The newly launched Mercedes-Benz Citan Sport appears to fit into this category.<\/p>\n<p>The Citan Sport is\u00a0available on long wheelbase panel van models of the Citan, with both 109CDI and 111CDI engines, and features a generous specification level. Highlights include\u00a0a choice of six metallic paints, colour-coded bumpers, wing mirrors and tail-light trim and 16-inch multispoke light alloy wheels.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s also\u00a0air conditioning as standard (still surprisingly rare on vans), a leather-trimmed steering wheel, Sport mats and badging, daytime driving lights, and chrome trim elements, such as front grille, sidebars and tailgate trim.<\/p>\n<p>The Citan Sport is now available from \u00a3199 per month and includes a three-year unlimited mileage warranty, MobiloVan UK, which keeps drivers and passengers mobile in the event of a breakdown or warranty repair taking more than two hours, as well as Mercedes&#8217; Service24h roadside assistance service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mercedes has launched the Citan Sport, a highly-specified but ordinarily-powered version of the Citan small van.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[1324,1744],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7168"}],"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=7168"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7170,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7168\/revisions\/7170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}