Ford Transit or Mercedes Sprinter
Hi Team, I would appreciate your thoughts on the Ford Transit or Mercedes Sprinter in a small class C. Big difference I see is the Sprinter having a higher GVWR and GCWR. Other than higher GVWR...
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Consider the difference in cost. Sprinters are either sent to Freightliner as knockdown kits for U.S. assembly, to avoid the 25% "chicken tax" or less popular models like the cab-chassis or bare chassis just pay the tariff. Transits sold in the U.S. are assembled in the U.S. (with mostly local drivetrain components except for an imported diesel engine), so you are paying less in the U.S. for what is inthe global market, basically the same thing.
If you are talking about the diesel engines, the one in the Transit is kind of old, not as up to date as the engines from FIAT and Renault (but wait, we don't get that one) but more of a truck engine than the M-B passenger car V-6 used in the Sprinter for North America emissions compliance.
I would likely opt for the Sprinter, recognizing that it comes at a premium price, but if I don't spend the money, mykids will probably waste it sending my grandchildren to university.
If you are talking about the diesel engines, the one in the Transit is kind of old, not as up to date as the engines from FIAT and Renault (but wait, we don't get that one) but more of a truck engine than the M-B passenger car V-6 used in the Sprinter for North America emissions compliance.
I would likely opt for the Sprinter, recognizing that it comes at a premium price, but if I don't spend the money, mykids will probably waste it sending my grandchildren to university.
