file.newsgroup.cars.101648 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (Lawrence B. Keys)
Subject: Re: US-Made M-B SUV
In article <[email protected]> writes:
>Mercedes-Benz announced yesterday its plans to begin building sport-utility
>vehicles in the US by 1997. They are targeted at the Jeep Grand Cherokee
>et al. and will reportedly sell for less than $30,000.
>
>Did anyone see a picture? Is it the G-wagon (Gelaendewagen) currently
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There is a picture in the May 1993 edition of European Car (although,
it may not be on the shelf yet).
Some things that the article says:
- prototype has front wheel drive (first front drive
for Mercedes since the beginning of WWII)
- wheelbase 3.15m
- 7 seater
- they claim that the price will be about the same as a
Renault Espace or Chrysler Voyager (DM 50,000)
Looking at the picture (slightly disguised) it looks like the Ford
Aerostar, to me.
>available in Europe (and in the US by grey-market) or is it an entirely new
>vehicle? Any details would be appreciated.
>
>Dick Meyer
>Applied Research Laboratory, Penn State
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