I doubt if anyone really noticed this, but the 3-year experiment for Mercedes to produce a truck....ended back in May of this year. The X-class line was completely shut down at that point.
I was impressed with the X-class demo at the 2017 Frankfurt car-show. Just about everything you'd want in a truck, and it was fitted for max-comfort.
The chief problem with it? $42k for just a plain regular version of the truck. If you went for the bigger engine and regular features (255 Hp).....it was at the $100k range.
The other sad problem was that you felt like this was a vehicle that you couldn't haul hay in the back or ride out in some field. It was like a show-vehicle. You figure the full-up option list and the 188 Hp (turbo version)....you were easily talking $75k. Who would pay out that much for a truck that was mostly a show-thing?
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