Car Freak I disagree. Higher end car buyers are some of the most educated car buyers about their brands in the market. I use to sell BMWs....you had to know your product and the competition's product inside and out. Benz buyers will know what this really is. I think it'll go away after a couple of years
I was going to say its looks good , and it does , I would buy the prestigious marque Nissan , love japanese cars , well built last forever cheap insurance cheap parts , look how many old ones on the road , good channel by the way
Built by and in the Nissan factory so premium potential undermined. Discovery Commercial with rear seat conversion only premium option for commercials. VW commercial treat customers like shit especially on trade in valuations so why buy an Amarok when they cost the same as a Land Rover!
That dash board looks typically Merc cheap and tacky with those horrible plastic X air vents, give me genuine Nissan Navarra or Ford Ranger any day. As with all Merc's over rated and over priced.
Crap like this is why I lost faith in Mercedes Benz years ago. How can the same company that makes the Project One make this abomination? My fault, I forgot Nissan makes it.
Haha. MB wants to get into the pickup market cos they want a share of the pie. But not willing to spend money so just rebadged an Nissan and put some MB parts from other existing MB models. What a shame
Why is it so damn slow?? Gas mileage is high but somebody who buys a pick up isnt worried about gas mileage, shouldve uped the power even if gas mileage came.down
Cristian Chavira Because the Nissan diesels in it are rather industrial and made for durability and lugging heavy stuff around. I agree that there should be some faster options, at least the x350d next year will be better.
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I know MB has been building trucks, but those are for commercial not your regular Nissan or Ford F-150's. Mind you this is a rebadging of a likely Nissan made truck. This degrades the brand of MB. Even BMW don't do that.
Well SUV is a bit different than a truck. Jaguars and Bentley have SUV's and that's fine actually as it still can be marketed as a luxury SUV. But the word "truck" is synonymous with being cheap and tough kinda like how Ford advertises their F150's. So MB having this truck in their line of vehicles isn't necessarily a good image for the brand. Hence none of the other luxury brands like Audi, Jaguar even go that far in trying to get attraction to a different customer base. If people wanted to buy a better truck they should just go to Toyota.
When people think of Ford, luxury is definitely not a word that comes to mind. But Toyota does have one of the toughest truck than even ford has, its called the Hilux. You may think the world is changing, but for sure people that buys mercedes don't expect themselves to be purchasing a M badged branding on a truck. People buy Benz because of the image, the truck is not really a good image enhancer for people that buy these cars. Mind you in that luxury world it is all about face and image. No one in the right mind spending that kind of money would buy a truck even over a C class. And you said it yourself, Cadilac had a truck, but then no more as it actually cheapened the brand.
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Rebadged vehicles never work. Sad MBZ bought into this. They should fire the exec who approved this project
weirdshibainu very true so like a navara,the new Amarok looks and feel more luxurious in a pick up
Have you seen the G class ??
Its the same story. They sell very well.
naxT890 do you mean the g550? That's not rebadged.
Car Freak I disagree. Higher end car buyers are some of the most educated car buyers about their brands in the market. I use to sell BMWs....you had to know your product and the competition's product inside and out. Benz buyers will know what this really is. I think it'll go away after a couple of years
Car Freak actually they didnt.....suvs took off almost immediately. They were a new product category, not a rebadge
I was going to say its looks good , and it does , I would buy the prestigious marque Nissan , love japanese cars , well built last forever cheap insurance cheap parts , look how many old ones on the road , good channel by the way
Awesome review. But guess you haven't tried the new Honda Ridgeline why you say luxury is missing, or big three American truck top models.
No one in the UK would touch an american truck, cheap and tacky.
Allan McDigger funny that the Europeans that comes here buy or lease American trucks, but the Ridgeline is a truck, but different.
Allan McDigger point is... You can't speak for a nation.
So when are AMG putting a V8 in it?
X63 AMG anyone?
Built by and in the Nissan factory so premium potential undermined. Discovery Commercial with rear seat conversion only premium option for commercials. VW commercial treat customers like shit especially on trade in valuations so why buy an Amarok when they cost the same as a Land Rover!
I'm glad some one else sees through the VW Anorak bullshit, it goes fast buy it also falls apart.
And the Amarok is restrected to the lower commercal vehicle speed limits in the UK.
"Fashionistas" drive pickup trucks because they lend credibility/authenticity to their otherwise thin veneer; which the Mercedes lacks.
They kind of took the 'road' VW had taken with the Amarock
Nissan navara body with a fiat engine
¿Santiago, Chile? ....
Mercedes should be ashamed at this half hearted effort. Why would anybody buy this
Here in America, you can get a luxury truck that can cost just under $100000. Plus it has 925 foot pounds of torque
Yeah, because dusty builders are gonna love wiping down the interior every day The alternatives are better.
That dash board looks typically Merc cheap and tacky with those horrible plastic X air vents, give me genuine Nissan Navarra or Ford Ranger any day. As with all Merc's over rated and over priced.
£40k I Rather buy Ram Hemi 5.7ltr this truck is just a match box compare to us trucks
Who is going to buy that!
I sell that
Me
Nice NISSAN
Crap like this is why I lost faith in Mercedes Benz years ago. How can the same company that makes the Project One make this abomination? My fault, I forgot Nissan makes it.
£40000 for a rebadged nissan navara... only badge snobs will buy this pickup instead of something like an L200
Imo, definitely not worth $40,000 +
He said £40K not $40K
Haha. MB wants to get into the pickup market cos they want a share of the pie. But not willing to spend money so just rebadged an Nissan and put some MB parts from other existing MB models. What a shame
Steering is not slow at all in Ram 1500 it rides like a range rover and it's got the interior to back it up not like this copy cloned X class
Look at the FJ Cruiser fully loaded with custom parts. I bet this car is kinda for that kind of market.
The FJ is not a pickup truck, its an SUV
They're for the 4x4 market.
How about an AMG version?
Unfortunately, we don't they will be making an AMG version.
WhY EU put in border USA -pick-ups 30% tax es more and Asian pick-ups 10% When in EU pick ups make only that Mercedes and VW Amarok. ?
So disappointing.
Why is it so damn slow?? Gas mileage is high but somebody who buys a pick up isnt worried about gas mileage, shouldve uped the power even if gas mileage came.down
Cristian Chavira Because the Nissan diesels in it are rather industrial and made for durability and lugging heavy stuff around. I agree that there should be some faster options, at least the x350d next year will be better.
2.3 liter engine in a pickup from Mercedes ? Wow I expected at least a like a 4.0 v8
Horse power plesae
Shame on Merc for not building their all own truck
A real shame
that's a nice nissan
Its a toy...Not pick up
Why can't you find a review with pickups soley in mind. Its always compared to fucking car !!!
Did you really just refer to 'scratchy plastics' when reviewing a fucking pick-up truck? Stick to supermini reviews pal
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Looks like a nissan frontier, idk wtf is a nissan navara
Its Australia and new zealands version of a pick up
Can't use this as a work truck
Good idea, poor execution.
The concept was better
Since when is mercedes interested in trucks?? This vehicle just totally degraded the brand.
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I know MB has been building trucks, but those are for commercial not your regular Nissan or Ford F-150's. Mind you this is a rebadging of a likely Nissan made truck. This degrades the brand of MB. Even BMW don't do that.
Well SUV is a bit different than a truck. Jaguars and Bentley have SUV's and that's fine actually as it still can be marketed as a luxury SUV. But the word "truck" is synonymous with being cheap and tough kinda like how Ford advertises their F150's. So MB having this truck in their line of vehicles isn't necessarily a good image for the brand. Hence none of the other luxury brands like Audi, Jaguar even go that far in trying to get attraction to a different customer base. If people wanted to buy a better truck they should just go to Toyota.
Aoru Trucks are lit
When people think of Ford, luxury is definitely not a word that comes to mind. But Toyota does have one of the toughest truck than even ford has, its called the Hilux. You may think the world is changing, but for sure people that buys mercedes don't expect themselves to be purchasing a M badged branding on a truck. People buy Benz because of the image, the truck is not really a good image enhancer for people that buy these cars. Mind you in that luxury world it is all about face and image. No one in the right mind spending that kind of money would buy a truck even over a C class.
And you said it yourself, Cadilac had a truck, but then no more as it actually cheapened the brand.
It looks like an ugly Nissan. This is possibly one of the ugliest trucks to ever currently exist so far.
looks like a toyota hilux.... all you need is a F-150