More Information on Future Mercedes-Benz Pickup Emerge

Last March, Mercedes-Benz announced it would build a midsize pickup in partnership with Nissan that would certainly based on the NP300 Navara platform. Distinct designing and also powertrains were assured. The pickup will likely be badged the X-Class for the letter’s expected undertone of ruggedness and off-road capability. Two engines will certainly be provided, both diesels. The base engine will reportedly be a 2.3 L I-4 diesel, making 188 hp and also 332 lb-ft of torque, with the top-spec engine a 3.0 L V-6 making 255 hp and 406 lb-ft of torque. Whether or not the engines will be of Nissan or Mercedes stay unknown. Both business supply 3.0 L V-6 turbodiesels. The I-4 is likely a Nissan layout, as the firm already provides an engine fitting that displacement as well as power specification in its YS23DDTT I-4 diesel.

The pickup will apparently be constructed in Barcelona, Spain, for export to European, African, Latin American, as well as Asia-Pacific markets. Export to the United States is unknown. Based upon recent spyshots, the next-generation Frontier will likely be essentially similar to the worldwide Navara and also most likely created at Nissan’s Canton, Mississippi, plant, the same as the present version. The truck can possibly be built at the Canton plant. Nissan and Daimler already jointly build 2.0 L I-4 GDI turbo engines in Decherd, Tennessee, for usage in Mercedes-Benz as well as Infiniti designs.

The U.S. pick-up market is a possibly financially rewarding and big market, it additionally is fraught with mistakes for newbies, as Honda discovered with the first-generation Ridgeline and Nissan with the Titan. Renault-Nissan Chief Executive Officer Carlos Ghosn says the 2 business are functioning on 10 common projects currently, with many more to come in the near future.