{"id":7294,"date":"2015-03-30T17:17:38","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T17:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=7294"},"modified":"2015-04-08T15:52:58","modified_gmt":"2015-04-08T15:52:58","slug":"mercedes-benz-to-launch-pick-up-truck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/7294","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes-Benz to launch pick-up truck"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update:\u00a0<\/strong>It seems that the Mercedes-Benz pick-up will be a joint venture between Nissan and Daimler and will, essentially, be a re-engineered version of the forthcoming new Nissan NP300 (a replacement for the current Navara). This vehicle\u00a0will also be used by Renault for its forthcoming entry to the 1-ton\u00a0<\/em>pick-up market, so it’will be a case of 3 brands, one underlying model.<\/em><\/p>\n

This is the second new\u00a0Mercedes commercial vehicle built along these lines — the firm’s Citan small van is based on the Renault Kangoo.<\/em><\/p>\n

Mercedes-Benz is\u00a0planning to launch a midsize pick-up truck\u00a0“by the end of the decade”<\/em>. The\u00a0German firm says that it will target\u00a0markets in Latin America, South Africa, Australia and Europe, capitalising on the widespread appeal of\u00a0so-called midsize pick-ups with\u00a0a one-tonne payload and high specification.<\/p>\n

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Mercedes-Benz is planning to launch a new pick-up model by 2020.<\/p><\/div>\n

Billed as the first pick-up from a premium manufacturer, Mercedes is hoping to replicate the global success of the M-Class, which was the first premium SUV from\u00a0a European manufacturer when it was introduced, 20 years ago.<\/p>\n

The Mercedes-Benz Vans division will\u00a0design and build the new firm, bringing its combined experience of high specification (for example, the V-Class and Vito) and\u00a0goods vehicle toughness and utility to\u00a0create a model that it is expected to appeal to private and commercial buyers.<\/p>\n

Details are sketchy at the moment, with only a single\u00a0mocked-up image available, but it’s fair to assume that the yet-to-be-named pick-up will offer power and specification levels\u00a0that will match and exceed those of class leaders such as the VW Amarok and Ford Ranger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mercedes-Benz is planning to launch the world’s first premium-branded pick-up by 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[1738,1901],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7294"}],"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=7294"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7309,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7294\/revisions\/7309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}