MERCEDES to enter the Light Truck Market - X-Class

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Daimler AG Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche said the German auto maker will be participating in the global light-pickup truck market by the end of 2017, with the company’s Mercedes-Benz unit becoming the latest premium brand to try expanding into a segment that traditionally appealed to blue-collar buyers.

Mr. Zetsche, speaking in Stockholm on Tuesday in a webcast presentation, said the auto maker is eager to fill a hole in its lineup with a midsize truck that is smaller than the big pickups popular in the U.S. He said the midsize pickup truck segment is poised to increase 40% by 2025 and is among the “most attractive targets” in the world.

The auto maker expects buyers to be more accepting of the pickup body style as an everyday-use “lifestyle” vehicle due to advances in engineering that make them more comfortable, increased efficiency and carry more carlike attributes, Mr. Zetsche said.

Daimler had earlier outlined plans to joint-develop a pickup truck with the Renault SA/Nissan Motor Co. alliance, and had shown sketches of the vehicle. Mr. Zetsche’s presentation included two brawny “X-Class” concept trucks intended to show the company’s attempt to blend the company’s luxury heritage with a pickup truck’s rugged stature.

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[titanium tea]

Bruh.... if I ever saw a foreman roll up in this...

All respect lost

 

[Peep Game]

Mercedes Tundra

At least that's better than these
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[Mark Antony]

Southern dope boys just lost their ****.

 

[301216baller]

I kinda like it but at the same time ehhh idk I feel like I cop that I have buy a pair of 26 inch rims just cuz

 

[301216baller]

I take that back I'm messing with the all white one I would cop and leave as is

Even though pickups arent meant to be luxurious cars

I don't even want to imagine what would happen if u tried to haul in the benz pickup lol

 

[rfx45]

Would have been nice if they used the G Wagons front, like a smaller version of the 6x6

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[halftime]

All pickups look the same to me so this is meh

 

[Peep Game]

I take that back I'm messing with the all white one I would cop and leave as is

Even though pickups arent meant to be luxurious cars

I don't even want to imagine what would happen if u tried to haul in the benz pickup lol

This is how I felt when they made the Lincoln Blackwood

 

[andretti]

If they are really cereal about this they'd make a dually option. With an amg package.


Truck is ugly though. Chevyrado in the other hand.

 

[rfx45]

I am sure there will be an AMG version.

 

[$tatus $ymbol]

Still not better than the Chevy Silveraydo

 

[bobbyphills]

Looks no different than the new ridgeline

 

[SC kid]

Ima Tacoma cat.


Nice tho

 

[703 hwy]

Southern dope boys just lost their ****.

 

[Grine]

Looks like the Honda Ridgeliner.

Honda > Benz

 

[JVII]

This based on the Nissan Frontier??

 

[kevenmayne]

Bruh.... if I ever saw a foreman roll up in this...
All respect lost

 

[titanium tea]

#1 rule of being a foreman

Buy the nicest truck you can find and then baby it worse than a Ferrari. 

I swear id like to load all their beds full of rocks with an excavator,  dropping them from 10 ft above, like on the commercials.

Then hop in and start doin 50mph between welding sparks in the rain, while hopping the front end off the ground hitting potholes. 

 

[titanium tea]

Also....I know mb is about saftey but im not so certiain having and airbag launch a fire extinguisher at your face is really the way of the future

Not exactly confidence inspiring when thats a day 1 option

 

[BrandNewWithTags]

You'll probably see more people that have no need for a pickup than those who do driving these things.

 

[andretti]

Also....I know mb is about saftey but im not so certiain having and airbag launch a fire extinguisher at your face is really the way of the future

Not exactly confidence inspiring when thats a day 1 option

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[Tigron]

You'll probably see more people that have no need for a pickup than those who do driving these things.

Such is the case with 75% of all pickups

 

[wavy daddy]

All the dope boys fittna start trappin reaalll hard once this bad boy drops in the states.

If its 80 bands, im coppin wit the quickness, and the *** come wit 22's!!

Trucks to small tho, its like a pimp my ride colorado. No mames wey.