X-CLASS! Just a Badge or a TRUE Mercedes?? Full Review!
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- Just a Nissan?? Here’s the Full Review of MB’s first ever pick-up, the New X-Class! This Review features:
- Comparison to the Nissan Navara
- Exterior Design
- Interior design
- Road test!
- Future of the X-Class
- Outtakes
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Couple of things to bear in mind...
1. It’s a Renault Engine
2. It’s a Navara chassis
3. They strengthened it because the Navaras kept snapping their chassis
4. If you want a realistic and valuable opinion on pick ups, watch a review from the States, Aus or South Africa. Those countries actually have such a larger consumer market for pick ups.
Here's a cool mod you can do to your badge - remove the circle, and increase the lateral dimensions of each of the "star" arms by 300%.
Or, Keep the circle, remove the star, and get a Nissan badge to put in the middle - no one will suspect you are in a Mercedes as a tradie
Made by Nissan in a Nissan plant with Renault engines.
Yes, its a real Mercedes. lol
That engine kills it for me. No way I would buy one.
I would really so love to see a v8 amg version of this!! I'd trade my c200 for one of those!
Previously my favorite vehicle review YT channel was doug demuro. I watched about 2 minutes of this video and decided to subscribe. Well done.
4:41 - volume level change scared the hell out of me
“COMPLETELY”
“Completely” added on edit. Jokes aside, another very good review by Raz. Well done mate, enjoying the content 👍🏼👍🏼
Catalin Muscalu Oh snap 😅 thanks man
Most companies make pick ups to compete in North America.... As much as this is a truck I would buy in Canada, Mercedes has given us the middle finger on this one... I actually kinda admire that.
What did you said originally ?
I am absolutely certain they are doing an X63... I live very close to Horiba Mira and saw the X class being tested almost daily with loads in the back or just normal road driving. Also it left me in the dust on a dual carriage way... along with that AMG sound and dual exhausts!
Sean Whaaaaaat!? 😱 No way!
Sean Hi, where the pipes positioned at the rear or on the sides like the G63? Damn, this will be the ultimate...
Remove Before Race Honestly! I was in my previous car.. a Fiesta ST and it absolutely left me. Hopefully I was not mistaken for the upcoming V6 but it sounded exactly like a V8
Desmond Metaramo Oddly no, they’re just straight pipes on the back mostly covered with bits of black trim and coverings. Obviously trying to hide the design but allow the exhausts to ermm... exhaust fumes 😂
Damn, it's gonna rival the raptor but raptor are only in NA right?
It's a true Nissan Navara!!!!
Justice Warrior nissan help build it
Kanagawa Yarichin what? The x-class is a relabeled Navarra. Even the engines are identical
it cost and rust like MB chassis will snap like only Nissan mastered😉👍
a clone.sports models aside what other mercedes models still have the transmissions in the right spot in the console.all others are on the column.
Justice Warrior looks to me like wolksvagen Amarok
Nice! Although I will say a little rough on the edit and shots compared to the care you take normally. Keep up the good work loving your channel.
Also the leaf springs help with hauling
You have come a long way love it keep it up.
Great review. Changed my perspective on the x class 👍🏼
Because he lied to you... a lot.
I’m new and that intro is dope. And interesting car
Hey team, you were number 1 on my recommended and I hadn't watched a video in months. The algorithm is favouring you :O
The Citan is a Kangoo van in a pretty frock. So not surprised at the X Class / Navara pickup
“World’s first pickup from a luxury brand”
Not quite. Lincoln used to produce the Mark LT until 2008, and they also had the Blackwood in 2002-03. So this would be the third pickup truck from a luxury brand. Other than that, this is a really nice review! Keep up the good work!
Graham Clarence cadillac escalade EXT
Alaude right! I forgot about that one! Thank you!
no problem buddy, cheers!
mrsmith427 yeah the F-150 Platinum was introduced to replace the Lincoln Mark LT. I think it just doesn’t count enough since it doesn’t come from a luxury brand. I’ve also heard that in the Tundra Platinum, they use Lexus grade leather.
Probably should have said global luxury brand... Lincoln etc sold 99.9% into North America, and it will probably surprise you but there’s the rest of the world buying cars outside North America...
Dude, your editing is 🔥🔥🔥
The X-Class: the perfect pickup for people who know nothing about pickups and will never use it for more than shopping. There’s a reason leaf springs are used, to help the truck handle when carrying a load. And the extended bed ruins departure angles off road. If you want a pickup, buy a Ranger or a Hilux depending on your needs. If you want a useless waste of space; by this.
Ford rangers are great
Shawns Life Ford ranger and Hilux is stupid !!!
Nah, Nissan was onto something sticking coil springs on the Navara. You don't need those cart springs on a double cab anyway.
It’s really just personal preference and not a “waste of space”
I have a Mercedes C class and I am a MB fan. I also need a truck right now. Even if this was available to buy, it only competes with the smaller trucks. I am looking at the F-150 King Ranch because I like luxury too. The bigger and more capable trucks are getting packed so full of luxury features it would make it difficult for the Mercedes to compete in that market since anyone who needs a pickup is buying one based on utility first and luxury second. I really see this as a niche market but if the X class can compete with the Ford Ranger, Toyota Tacoma and Chevy Colorado at less than $20K more than the premium trim levels then it could be viable.
Have you checked out the new Ridgeline pickup yet?
Btw this was a very informative video
People have probably pointed it out already, but the reason it is a firm ride is because the bed is empty. The suspension on most pick-ups are set up for the bed to be loaded with about 300-400kg as it would be when it is used as a work car.
I'd like to see a real comparison between the X-Class and some North American pickups. Based on the review, I don't think it would go well for the MB. If you buy luxury pickup in North America, it is very luxurious. You can't really tell what materials feel like from a video, of course, but from what I can see, the X is more comparable to a mid-level trim F-150, Ram or Silverado/Sierra. Indeed, right before watching this, I watched an early review of the new Ram 1500 in the entry level Tradesman trim, and it didn't look significantly lower in trim than this X, with the only standout difference being the infotainment units in the respective trucks (the Ram has a radio with a few frills at that price point.
proud owner here of Nissan Navara ...best ride among pick up sold in the Philippines
got to love that awesome pulling power from this
The key feature of the new X-Class key is that it can actually be used as a suppository.
The Nissan Navara, in North America, is known as the Nissan Frontier. Why in God’s name would I pay Mercedes-Benz money for a Nissan Frontier? Just go to your local Nissan dealer and buy a Frontier if you want one of these - and then take the $40K that you just saved and buy a spare Nissan Frontier, in case you damage your first one. Then take the $10K that you *still* have left over and buy your family a great summer vacation.
Frontier is limited this is luxury
🖐🏻 it’s a Mercedes
A M L Hmmm you don’t know shit about those trucks huh?
You don’t even gotta buy a new one either and save even more money cause nissan hasn’t changed a single thing on them since 2004 body wise lol and nissans in North America are trash. I’d rather buy a Tacoma with that kinda money
Look behind the front grill take it off, and quests what’s stamp on back side? NISSAN! What, no! Oh yes!
Want a top of the line truck the Toyota Tacoma or Tundra, you can get an aftermarket set of badges, go hole ridiculous and put Rolls Royce or Bugatti, some other foolish silly look at me car. Big and wide? Get a Ford F 650 truck. Nissan makes shit cars with worse transmissions, your high! Megacruiser, 6x6, Toyota or Lexus version land cruiser. Only Nissan I’d own in USA is Pick up, with MANUAL OR STANDARD whatever there.
when you pan over the navara with the new x class - they are 1:1 in the bonnet, doors, tray. The grille etc is not.
Tie down points are exactly the same too as is the glass. Probably a million other things also.
I really appreciate the video quality.
the steel breaks and independent coil suspension you boasted for the x class are actually direct carry over from the nissan. you should have really mentioned that since you WERE doing the parts that carried over.
The Nissan doesn't have disc brakes on the rear axle. Disc brakes need far more and regular maintenance than drum brakes, so their fitment gives no advantage and some disadvantages on a pickup that is likely to get dirty and wet.
Huw Williams i have a one my friend, so please dont explain why they shouldn't have and just admit the facts. Top of the line nissan does have disks, facts. Stop giving opinions and share the facts instead.
dlos srz
The Navara I saw last week had drums on the back and it was the np300. If yours has discs, it has discs. Have fun replacing discs due to corrosion and pads due to wear while those with drum brakes just drive on. The fitting of either drums or discs must vary with model and region, as indeed does most spec, including to which side the driver sits.
All the Americans sperging out about their King Ranch/Denali/etc etc, can't they understand those trucks are just too big and fuel inefficient for the European market? Go look how much a gallon of fuel costs in the UK, and how narrow the streets are in the medieval villages that dot the countryside.
if people vote for communists who rise taxes on fuels then…….
It's badge engineering, because the changes are cosmetic, while the guts of the vehicle - which is the driveline , suspension and frame - are essentially the same as the Nissan.
Went to the x class page on the Australia version of Mercedes ( I'm in USA ), and when I clicked learn more on the x class, it directed me to a page that said "this page is blocked in your country"
Can it haul stuff and be used on a farm like a proper pickup... or does it just look like one?
not going with leaf's in the back really limits payload. The overhand behind the rear axle also doesnt help when having a load or towing.
I am buying one next week
The key means much. I’m totally with you
The Nissan key is actually far more practical than the Mercedes key, because the Mercedes key needs to be attached to the ignition switch whereas the Nissan key can be left in one's overalls because it has keyless start, just like most versions of the Qashqai.
Mercedes also has keyless start, its an option
Great review Raz.
Aston and the Cygnet hahahaha, I’d get one purely for a conversation piece
You not seen the 6x6 g wagon pick up that’s been out s few year now?
I was going to get a MB G. Class Brabus 6X6 but now after knowing this X Class is my choice :)
But the 6X6 is on a completely different level than this X Class.....
it's really a shame they are not selling it in the best market for a truck, the US absolutely loves pickups.
Key FOB!!!* LMAO!!!!😂
When I test drove it, I don't even think I got a badly specced one but I got the ugly flip fob like in a qashqai! That and the transmission lever were my two biggest immersion breakers and honestly I would end up hating them every time I got in the car.
yeah every part of the car is mercedes design. Yeah no. The Windows are 1:1 the same.
Felix O. Vb’jhw
Just the doors in general...
Matthew Hebron I’m looking everyday on a navara as my dad drives one since Feb 2017. I know whats copy’ed and what not... even the third stoplight, roof rack etc is a 1:1 on the navara.
Matthew Hebron And in all of a sudden you have two in your shop, looking at it for max 4 days, I get up seeing it, go from A to B with it, go along working with it etc etc, grom this video I can see that 45% of this car is just a 1:1 with the Navara, no doubt. Take a look at the Renault version of the navara, don’t know what it’s called but thats a 1:1 with the Nav, so Mercedes just replaced a few panels and the interior to their ‘standards’, for the rest it still remains the same.
Jordy Robyns Alaskan
Any chance of a workhorse version? like a single cab?
Sorry raz but where can you put your phone in the x class in the navara their is loads of room
We have a Nissan Navara (NP300) in our family and for you to know it came from factory with all coil-springs suspention, not that stupid firm suspention that u are comparing with the old pick ups; and btw that stupid firm suspention it is what allow the pick up to carry a lot of weight and keep a stable ride.
12:52-12:54 someone REALLY wants pedals on this car hahah
I saw one of these X 250d's at a Mercedes Studio (the fancy showroom) in Berlin and it was an unbelievable heap of junk. It screamed Navara - ALL of the plastic inside feels crazy cheap (hard touch plastic on large surfaces) and even the plastic next to the air vents were super cheap. The concept looked pretty good, but the actual production model looks terrible.
The only model in the whole Mercedes lineup is the Mercedes Citan, which is a re-badged Renault Kangoo (Google it).
i was waiting to hear a compair between a opel frontera and a Xclass
FYI. The Nissan Navara comes with coil springs all throughout. Mercedes didn't have to do much modifying to fit coil springs in them. In fact the Navara already has one of the most luxurious rides of any pickup. This may be why Mercedes Benz chose this particular chassis.
if they come up with a full size truck like the Ford F150 and put in a 5.5l V8 like on the S550 I'd consider one.
I’ve got to say, that while I like the X Class, personally if I was buying one it would be the VW Amarok (already available with the 3.0 V6). The Amarok was designed from the ground up as a premium product and not ‘adapted’. Having said that let’s wait for the 6 cylinder version and judge that. And for those waiting for an AMG, it likely won’t happen, the chasis probably won’t be able to take it. If anything there will be an AMG-lite diesel.
On Costa Rica a Nissan Navarro is basically a Frontier and a Frontier is a Navarro IM DEAD SERIUS!!!
+Remove Before Race The Ram 1500 has all round coils as well and the optional air suspension.
as a tow truck for a race car or track car would be good
This truck in now way compares with the current F150 Lariat which is 3 trim levels down from the Limited and don't get me started on the top of the line 2019 Ram coming. I own a 2017 fully loaded Raptor and I have all those options mentioned and much much more and oh yeah I have a much higher cool factor.
Does it die when loaded like the Nissan does?
Mr AGM has made some good points here. However one could not justify double the price for a Mercedes the badge on the model that shares the same engine and chassis. I live in Thailand and this would have import tax of 200% so make it about six times more expensive than the Nissan Navara, Toyota Hilux, Mazda BT50, Ford Ranger that are all built in Thailand.
First "premium pickup"?? What happened to the Cadillac Escalade EXT?
My mates just priced a 250 fully loaded and it comes out at 51 bones. I spend a lot of time in Canada I would have to be buying a 6 month old Chevy high country and importing it never mind the left hand drive .
The first luxury pickup truck was the Lincoln Blackwood.
The G500 G650 and the 6x6 all technically do have a pickup bay but aight
Actually, the first premium pick up from a luxury brand was the Lincoln Blackwood.
as an Old School American I can't stand 4-door pick-ups, Pick-ups are for hauling cargo, and anything that seriously limits that doesn't belong on a pick-up, so I am glad to hear that Merc at least extended the bed
You should get a LAV mic and noise reduction plugins the audio is way too quiet vs the intro.
Oh wait you have a LAV mic,
Its the same cab as the navara aswell 👍🏽
The key fob is cute
not the first, Cadillac had an escalate EXT pickup
Nicholas Soldatos dont forget the Lincoln Blackwood
WHY HAVE I NOT SEEN THIS YET, and why on God's green earth is this not in the US? What am I looking at? I want it.
Max Jackson it's fucking slow !
Nido Drop an American market X400 and X550!
Nido it is slow in the base two models that have Renault engines, but the Merc powered engine has approx 290 kw which is approx 350 bhp off the top of my head
Max Jackson Oh man, could you imagine an AMG version of this with the twin turbo 4.0L? *drool* That's a Ford Raptor killer for sure!
It would not sell well here
Any doubt on the engine check North Yorkshire engine services that are specialist Nissan mechanics , its a Renault engine !!
That entry music kill me now
COMPLETELY
Would mind if Mercedes-Benz introduced this as part of the Sprinter commercial lineup
The new nivaras also have discs brakes all round and proper rear suspension.... Just saying....it is nice though but I don't understand posh pick ups I wouldn't want to get it dirty
What will it carry weight wize
They should make a G wagon truck
Samuel Landaverde they have the g63 6x6
They do
www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/road-tests/87221575/mercedesbenz-gprofessional-pickup-is-gobsmacking-offroad they do, only in australia
They do make the 6x6 truck but they should make a normal g wagon truck that isn't 400k
Thank you, that's what I was thinking the hole time I watched this, but not a $350000 one.
It's not the first lexury pick up, maybe the 1999 lincoln blackwood or something like that.
This 'premium' truck looks too basic inside, and nowhere near as luxurious as a Laramie-Longhorn Ram or King-Ranch Ford truck. Looks more equivalent to Toyota, Nissan and Ford Mid-Size trucks available in the UK, but probably won't be as reliable or as durable, and will cost a heck of alot more to buy. Sorry Mercedes, I love your cars, but this truck leaves me cold.
Matthew Godwin Exactly
exactly opposite to what is being said in the video but this is for those who just dont want that cheap ruggedness in full nelson if you know what I mean.
its more of a sugar coated pill easy to digest and yet bein practical
I would prefer a raptor or f250
Seriously, real luxury is an F-150 King Ranch or Sierra Denali
Yeah but you can only get those trucks in North America, but for the rest of the world this is more practical than a boat on land.
While America they may pickup trucks for Cadillac and Lincoln and those are luxury models and they did that about 10 years ago .
Make it available with 3-5 Nissan V6 petrol engine please
😂😂😂😂😂 when I saw that key!
I want to see an X65 AMG with the bi turbo V12! XD
Wow heaven on earth a Mercedes pickup
I own the Power model for 3 weeks. It behaves just like a Merc SUV. Maybe more. The only thing that disturbs me is 4x4 mode at low speed. When 4x4 is on, it makes noise and has cumbersome feeling. When 4x4 is on, It says that I am neither a Merc SUV nor a car, I am a pickup
Ar Ser Yes buddy, that 4x4 mode will cause rubbing on turn as it’s for off road use! Wait for the permanent 4x4 in the 350d which is for road use 😉
Remove Before Race You are right but I guess it will be %50 more expensive. Not sure I am willing to pay that much.
honestly you shouldnt have gotten the 4x4 unless you are thinking of doing some offroading, its usually a gimmick they sell to city drivers
The 4wd system is great. I offload for a living and it works beautifully. High and low range are part time, they are not for driving on road. It is for real off-road driving, not shopping.
I'm waiting for a Lada (part of Renault-Nissan) pickup made on the same chassis, it would be such humiliation of Mercedes lol
Cool nissan.
Key looks like a garage door remote😂😂
Make it available with Nissan 3-5 V6 petrol engine what a combination that would be
Also it’s last years suzuki vitara key as well
The Nissan comes with coil spring version as well... MB didn't do that to it
Do a project x class with motech
Nathan Hacking @ROK.Studio have considered it!
The air vents look like an after thought and as if they were glued on.
Wonder if the frame will fall apart after 10k km like the navara
I’d take a Ford F-250 platinum any day with that amazing power stroke diesel
Is this Australia only?
Correction: Mercedez did not install shocks are the rear - the nissan is exactly like that which is new yet not better in the segment.