Mercedes Towing Capabilities

Our old F250 with the 7.3 diesel only had 185hp and in it's day it was a towing machine.

They do measure HP and torque the same by the way.

I have a older one 5 cyc MB think its about 155hp , it purrs just fine .I,ve had class A and C . I,d not go back. I can go donwn the road at 65mpg and climb mountains, even pass a few A,s on the way. and I get 20mpg.

My 2013 Via on the MB Sprinter chassis can tow 5,000 lbs with a 500 lb tongue weight. It has the 6 cylinder diesel with 188hp and 325 ft lb torque. Some of the older Sprinters are limited to 3,500 lb towing. As you can see from my signature, we hardly ever tow our Jeep because the Sprinter goes just about anywhere. It is so easy to drive and very little engine noise at cruising speed, 65mph for me.

that is one reason I have no interest in buying a MB based RV, I want at least 5,000 lbs. towing capacity, possibly more. depending on how remote you are located, a MB dealer may be few and far between.

bumpy

You pretty much said it yourself.

I still tow with a 200HP diesel 4:10 3/4 ton pickup. On the flats it's great but in the mountains it's an embarrassment. On a medium to big mountain grade I'm at round 30 MPH towing a 7K TT.

BTW I passed one of those Benz motor homes the other day coming up to the race track. He was about 25 to 30 MPH climbing a mountain that I would be about 30 MPH on.

It is what it is.

Drive one to see for yourself! I can only speak for the 6 cylinder, 188 hp diesel, but I hear the same about the 4 cylinder. Acceleration, power, and handling are quite good and I think ours is aerodynamically worse and heavier than the Class Bs. We tow a Chevy Sonic (~2700#s) when we need to and can't even tell its back there from a performance point of view. Ours is so easy to setup & disconnect and maneuver, we usually just take the RV to places while we are camping....even if we towed. Then you have all your stuff with you. In our case, it also makes it easier to take our dachshunds. Given a choice of the Sprinter vs a Ford or Chevy engine and chassis, I'll take the Sprinter every time....and I'm a lifelong GM addict.