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Originally Posted by jpd80
True.
Mind you, the X-Class was arguably the worst of both worlds with those expensive German mechanicals in basically, a reskinned low rent Navarra. Differentiation costs money and the the more you want, the greater the cost. I think the Germans were impressed with Ford's commercial offerings and will most likely be happy with few changes on the Transits but will spring for a reskinned Ranger similar to the BT50 deal.....
If indeed Ford is working on a hybrid Ranger, I can see VW wanting that as well....
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Happy to be corrected, but the only Mercedes mechanicals was the V6 diesel.
The four cylinder was from the Navara Renault/Nissan as well as the 7 speed auto.
I scratch my head with Mercedes as they could have actually made a decent go at it to differentiate it from the Navara and the rest of the Thai specials and archaic VW with the offerings from the rest of their range.
9 speed auto mated to low range.
2.0 turbo diesel with 150kw and 500nm
2.0 turbo petrol ranging from 190-265kw and 350-450nm
2.0 turbo petrol hybrid that averages 2.4l/100km in the C Class.
3.0 V6 petrol 270kw 500nm.
3.0 straight 6 diesel 240kw 700nm
Instead they gave us much of the same at a price premium in an already over priced mediocre segment where progress has stagnated since 2011 T6 Ranger release.