A year of truck chores with a Sprinter van will show us if boxes are better than beds.
MotorTrendand asked me that, I’d have … well, just about 50 cents so far, but I’ve only been driving Sprinter for a couple of weeks. If I keep putting those dimes aside, I bet I’ll have enough for dinner at a nice restaurant after a year with my new Mercedes pickup truck.
Mercedes was surprisingly enthusiastic about the idea. It turns out that one of their media relations folks had horses when she was growing up in Germany. “We owned Sprinters,” she told me. “They were perfect for traveling to horse shows and hauling equipment. You could even sleep in them. I’d love for Americans to see the advantages the Sprinter offers.”our truck.
Mercedes offers the Sprinter in a variety of sizes, and my colleagues and I debated on the best for this mission. Long or short wheelbase? High or low roof? We definitely wanted trucklike all-wheel drive, which raises the Sprinter’s ground clearance to 8 inches . AWD Sprinters include the 208 hp/332 lb-ft High Output version of the 2.0-liter turbodiesel I-4, as opposed to the 168 hp/295 lb-ft standard-output version. As I plan to haul heavy loads, I figured we’d want the HO engine anyway.
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