Mercedes-Benz T-Class is a city-friendly van with Renault bones:
If the aforementioned description sounds familiar, it's likely because the T-Class isn't Mercedes-Benz's first entry into this segment. This is the second time that the Stuttgart-based firm borrows the Kangoo from Renault, but it named the last-generation model Citan Traveliner to differentiate it from, which is the commercial version.
The T-Class stretches 177 inches long, 73 inches wide and 71 inches tall in its standard configuration. The range will grow with a long-wheelbase model later in the production run. It comes standard with a hatch, but buyers can configure the van with individual rear doors. From the driver's seat, the biggest indication that the T-Class is a Kangoo in Mercedes-Benz garments is the position of the shifter. The steering wheel, the instrument cluster's design, the shape of the dashboard, the round air vents and the climate control system buttons are specific to the German version.
At launch, the palette of available engines will consist of a gasoline-burning 1.3-liter four-cylinder and a 1.5-liter turbo-diesel four, each offered in two states of tune. The former develops 102 horsepower and 147 pound-feet of torque in the T160; those figures increase to 131 and 176, respectively, in the T180.
Front-wheel-drive is the only configuration available, it doesn't sound like 4Matic all-wheel-drive will be an option, and a six-speed manual transmission comes standard. That's right: the T-Class comes with a Mercedes-Benz star and three pedals. Alternatively, the two turbodiesel engines and the 131-horsepower gasoline-powered unit can be optionally ordered with a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission.
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