![]() Optional features include active parking assist, lane keeping assist, Parktronic, collision prevention assist, blind spot assist, and a rearview camera. All models will feature standard attention assist, crosswind assist, and standard load-adaptive ESP. Like the Sprinter, the Metris is filled with the latest safety advancements, including 6 airbags for the cargo van and 8 for the passenger van variant. Optional Eco stop/start is mated to a 7G-tronic 7-speed automatic transmission. it will be available in October in passenger or cargo configuration with a base price of just over $28,000. “Just like the Sprinter, it will not have any similar competitors,” said Mathias Geisen, general manager and product manager. ![]() “What we’ve done with the Sprinter in the fullsize segment we will do in another segment,” he said, before the wraps were pulled off the “right-sized” van.įirst announced at the 2014 SEMA Show, the Metris is described by the OEM as smaller than a fullsize van, but larger than a small van, in other words, just the “right size.” Glaser then noted the Sprinter’s 51% residual value after three years, the best in the segment, he said. Sales were up 18% in 2014 and the Sprinter, which sold 25,745 units, held a 30% market share in metropolitan areas, he said. An anticipatory countdown on a large screen and the sounds of a distance thunderstorm kept the audience’s attention, building to the unveiling of the new Mercedes-Benz Vans USA Metris.īernhard Glaser, vice president and managing director of Mercedes-Benz Vans USA, teased the crowd assembled in the Mercedes-Benz booth at the NTEA’s Work Truck Show in Indianapolis a bit further, detailing some of the OEM’s Sprinter success.
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