Sprinter
Economical and eco-friendly: Mercedes-Benz CharterWay adds FleetBoard-equipped Sprinters to its fleet
Freitag, 3.September 2010Mercedes-Benz CharterWay is adding approximately 120 Sprinters equipped with Daimler’s FleetBoard fleet management system to its fleet of rental vehicles.
CharterWay, a provider of commercial vehicle services, already has more than 2,500 FleetBoard-equipped trucks in its fleet. Now, vans featuring this Internet-based telematics system are being added for the first time. Mercedes-Benz CharterWay will gradually replace [...]
Mercedes-Benz Vans back on track to success: Sales, revenues, and EBIT up sharply in first half of 2010
Donnerstag, 29.Juli 2010The economy rebounded in all of the key markets worldwide in the first half of 2010, leading to a growing demand for consumer goods and therefore to an increase in transport volume. In line with these developments, the demand for vans also recovered substantially in many of the core markets.
Mercedes-Benz Vans has greatly benefited from [...]
The Federal Agency for Technical Relief relies on emergency service vehicles from Mercedes-Benz
Montag, 12.Juli 2010The Federal Agency for Technical Relief (Technisches Hilfswerk, or THW) is to get new emergency service vehicles from Mercedes-Benz as part of an extensive procurement programme. Several new vehicles were handed over to the THW in a symbolic gesture at Interschutz 2010, the leading international exhibition for fire prevention and disaster relief.
Sprinters deployed as [...]
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Van to make 20,000-Mile journey
Mittwoch, 5.Mai 2010Daimler Vans USA is announcing that a specially equipped Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Van is touring 50 U.S. national parks this summer as part of a 20,000-mile journey of discovery. Piloted by author and photographer Rob Wilson, with his wife Jan as co-pilot, the Sprinter Interstate 3500 model has been upfitted by Airstream to serve as a [...]
Mercedes-Benz Vans Receives Major Order to Deliver 600 Sprinters to Belgium
Montag, 3.Mai 2010Mercedes-Benz Vans has received another major order and will deliver 600 Mercedes-Benz Sprinters to Belgium.
The contract was awarded by Brussels-based Belgacom, Belgium’s leading provider of telecommunications and Internet services as well as digital TV. One of the largest companies in Belgium, Belgacom has almost 17,000 employees and maintains a fleet of more than 8.000 [...]
New stars under Berlin’s sky
Mittwoch, 28.April 2010Now it is no longer necessary to wait until dark in Berlin to watch for “shooting stars”, because there are 27 Mercedes-Benz urban minibuses to be seen around town. The official handover of these vehicles to the Berlin taxi drivers’ guild was recently held at the German Automobile Club (ADAC) safety centre in Linthe.
The models [...]
Daimler Vans USA launches fourth Sprinter model
Dienstag, 13.April 2010Daimler Vans USA is launching its fourth new Sprinter model – the Shuttle Van, which joins the Cargo Van, Passenger Van and Chassis Cab. Complete with many Mercedes-Benz safety and convenience features, the low-floor Sprinter Shuttle Van seats up to 16 passengers.
The fuel-efficient Sprinter Shuttle Van is the ideal size [...]
The history of the Mercedes-Benz vans – Jack of all trades: The new Sprinter
Dienstag, 13.April 2010After eleven years and around 1.4 million units, the time had come in spring 2006 for the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, Europe’s market leader in the 3.5 tonne van class, to get a successor.
An emotional but appropriate design uniting form and function, in visual terms the new Sprinter already heralded a new era. The headlamps and [...]
Mercedes-Benz Vans to Deliver 700 Sprinters to the UK
Mittwoch, 10.Februar 2010The year has gotten off to a good start for Mercedes-Benz Vans, which has received a major order from Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions (BBUS) for 700 Mercedes-Benz Sprinters.
BBUS has its headquarters in Sheffield, offers solutions for energy- and water-providers and is part of Balfour Beatty, one of the largest construction firms in the UK [...]
The Sprinter van celebrates its 15th anniversary
Samstag, 23.Januar 2010From its 1995 launch the Sprinter already was in a class of its own: semi-forward control, high-traction rear-wheel drive, timelessly modern looks, spacious cab, an extensive engine range rounded off by a direct-injection diesel unit which was as powerful as it was economical.
And it was the company’s first commercial vehicle to be known by a [...]
Mercedes-Benz USA announces competitive new pricing for Sprinter
Montag, 11.Januar 2010Mercedes-Benz USA is announcing competitive new pricing for the 2010 line of Mercedes-Benz Sprinter commercial vans in the U.S. market.
The 2010 Sprinter lineup is comprised of three versatile models – a cargo van, passenger van and a cab chassis – all powered by an innovative 3.0-liter BlueTEC diesel engine that marks the first-ever use [...]
Federal German Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Reactor Safety (BMU) subsidises battery-electric Mercedes-Benz vans
Dienstag, 17.November 2009Mercedes- Benz Vans is to receive a grant of up to nine million Euro from the Federal German Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Reactor Safety (BMU) for the research and development, testing and trial of electrically powered vans. The finds are being made available from the German government’s Economic Support Programme 2.
A [...]
Traction with brains: vans with all-wheel drive
Mittwoch, 30.September 2009Whether it’s construction engineers or power line technicians, water supply engineers or the rescue services, council workers or disaster protection agencies, delivery drivers or mountain resort hotel staff – none of them can choose the spot where they are needed and they often have to get there under the most difficult of circumstances.
Extreme gradients, [...]
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter with BlueEFFICIENCY technologies
Dienstag, 29.September 2009As in the passenger car segment, starting right now Mercedes-Benz Sprinter models which, owing to particularly sustainable technologies, stand for highest efficiency, and thus for improved fuel consumption and consequently reduced emissions, also will carry the BlueEFFICIENCY label.
The efficiency package or the NGT technology in the Sprinter are examples of this. These Sprinter models are [...]
New-generation diesel engines for the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter
Freitag, 29.Mai 2009It is the bestselling van in its class in Europe, and has lent its name to an entire vehicle category. It has repeatedly set standards in technology, safety, economy, environmental protection and performance.
Now the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter is consolidating its leading position even further, pulling away from its competitors with a new generation of diesel [...]
The new-generation diesel engines for the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter
Donnerstag, 7.Mai 2009It is the bestselling van in its class in Europe. Now the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter is consolidating its leading position even further, pulling away from its competitors with a new generation of diesel engines, new manual transmissions and numerous other features.
This comprehensive further improvement centres on the completely new four-cylinder diesel engines and the comprehensively re-engineered [...]