Mercedes Benz Pickup Truck

[CosbyMadeMeSellDrugs]

"The Mercedes pickup will be primarily aimed at major markets except Asia and the U.S. The primary targets are Europe, Australia, South Africa and Latin America. Nissan, which says it is the world's second largest maker of 1-ton pickups, was picked as a partner as a way of reducing development time.

But it is being weighed for the U.S. "We said to Stuttgart, 'We are open, and let us assess the market,'" Steve Cannon, CEO of Mercedes-Benz USA, told Automotive News. Daimler is based in Stuttgart, Germany.

The Mercedes-Benz 1-ton pickup will be built at the Nissan/Renault plant in Cordoba, Argentina and in Barcelona, Spain. Cordoba is expected to produce about 70,000 of the pickups, along with Nissan and Renault models, while Barcelona will be able to produce 120,000, Daimler and Nissan said."
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2015/04/07/mercedes-benz-pickup-truck/25410707/

 

[Ricky Church]

there's always a huge market in the U.S. for trucks but for a German brand luxury truck... I'm not sure.

then again the prices for these new Ford F-150's top trim models are pushing over $60k and has the "luxurious feel" so they might be able to compete if the price level is similar, but then the reliability would come into question and F-150's are damn near bulletproof.

 

[Bawon Samedi]

Who the hell drives a truck for luxury?

Trucks are suppose to be for getting down and dirty.

 

[Captain]

Moving forward, southern rappers dropping the line 'Benz truck'(currently in reference to the SUVs) will no longer be an aberration of proper-term usage.

 

[ORDER_66]

 

[King Sun]

Rich Rednecks and Southern Rappers will eat off this

 

[TRFG]

Rich Rednecks and Southern Rappers will eat off this

I doubt they'll be able to drive it since it will be a right hand vehicle

 

[intruder]

Sadly it will probably never see the US market.
European trucks never do. While traveling I've seen this VW pickup truck that had me and i waited for it to be sold here. .. never happened.

 

[ORDER_66]

I still don't know about a Benz truck its like a jeep fine but a full blown Benz TRUCK?!?!?

 

[unit321]

Sadly it will probably never see the US market.
European trucks never do. While traveling I've seen this VW pickup truck that had me and i waited for it to be sold here. .. never happened.

Yeah, they'll never come here. There are a lot of Europe-only or Latin-America only trucks that never get imported into the US.

 

[newarkhiphop]

Who the hell drives a truck for luxury?.

South American / Mexican / Asian drug lords / goons

Rich Arab sheiks / princes

 

[intruder]

Who the hell drives a truck for luxury?

Not every rich person lives in a city, doggy.

If i ever became filthy rich mofos would need all terrain offroad vehicles to get to my crib

 

[Pdiddy]

Who the hell drives a truck for luxury?

Trucks are suppose to be for getting down and dirty.

Mercedes makes some of the most capable SUVs in the world.

 

[unit321]

Who the hell drives a truck for luxury?
Trucks are suppose to be for getting down and dirty.

Lincoln came out with a luxury, crew-cab pickup truck called the Blackwood. Didn't last long though. Only made in 2002. They took an F-150, added leather seats and a fancy interior. Cost an arm and a leg too.

 

[ryderldb]

Did Benz really think there was enough demand to actually put this in production? shyt is gonna sell horribly.