THE NUMBER 1 RESOURCE FOR VOCATIONAL TRUCK FLEETS
Daimler Vans USA, LLC is recalling approximately 7,433 2015 to 2017 Mercedes-Benz Metris midsize vans because the transmission support may not have been properly tightened to the vehicle body during production.
A staple of many commercial fleets is the van. From compact vans to their full-size counterparts, there are a growing number of vans available for fleets in 2018.
The smaller size of compact work vans fit in more compact urban environments, while still providing abundant cargo capacity and myriad configurations for vocational fleet requirements.
Mercedes-Benz entered the mid-size van market with its 2016 Metris, which will be offered as a cargo and passenger model. Read the full story here.
Mercedes-Benz entered the mid-size van market with its 2016 Metris, which will be offered as a cargo and passenger model. Read more here.
During a Mercedes-Benz ride-and-drive event in Los Angeles, attendees drove the 2016 Mercedes-Benz Metris that joins the full-size Sprinter at Mercedes-Benz dealerships that sell vans. The Metris arrives as the lone offering in the mid-size van segment. Photos by Amy Winter-Hercher and Paul Clinton.
Ranger will be offering a complete new line of van storage equipment and accessories for the 2016 Mercedes Metris cargo van that will be available in steel or lightweight aluminium.
Available as a cargo or passenger van, the new 2016-MY mid-size van will be focused on vocational and fleet markets. It will be available with a 2.0L turbocharged four-cylinder gasoline engine with 7-speed automatic transmission.
The Metris will be offered in passenger and cargo van models. Key vocational markets for the cargo van are delivery fleets and service & maintenance applications. The passenger van will target limo, taxi, and shuttle companies. Here is my report based on a recent press preview and test drive.
A former mining town in the southwestern Colorado foothills provided the backdrop to test-drive Mercedes’ new medium-size commercial van.