Mercedes-Benz Sprinter - Car and Driver

The Dodge Sprinter is no longer sold as a Dodge—it’s a Mercedes-Benz, now displaying the three-pointed star here as it does in Europe, where it was introduced under the German brand in 1995. It makes sense. Since the Sprinter has always been a Mercedes, no pumpkin-into-chariot transformation was involved, although the Sprinter would look appropriate in orange. The Only Place It Fits (In). Chief among Mercedes’ corporate values is luxury, and if space is the ultimate luxury, the Sprinter trumps even Mercedes’ Maybach 62. Super-luxury automakers are big into offering champagne coolers in their... Of course, Mercedes is nothing if not a status symbol, and here again the Sprinter makes a greater statement than anything else in the family. Even so, it is far and away the most conspicuous Mercedes, and yet there’s a certain honesty to it. you don’t feel like you’ve sold your soul when you loudly announce, “Remember, dear, we’re driving the Mercedes today. Benzes have long been employed to usher about heads of state, executives, and other dignitaries, a task for which the Sprinter is the real family champ. Source: www.caranddriver.com