The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Van has so many possible variations and options. Check out our Products page to learn more about this extremely functional and multi-functional van.
From our own personal experience in Calgary, the opinions about the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Van have been extremely postitive. Everyone in our company who has driven this van has stated that it is the nicest drive, most functional and their top choice of any vehicle in it's class.
We welcome any owners of any Sprinter Vans, including the Dodge Sprinter Van, as our factory trained techicians are the most qualified to work on any Sprinter Van. If you have a Dodge Sprinter Van and are in need of service, please come see us for a better service experience in Calgary.
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Van
2010 marks the year of the introduction of the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter here in Canada.
After a few efforts as Freightliner and Dodge, the Sprinter is finally getting launched in its original form as Mercedes-Benz. In most other parts of the world this family of Vans has been the clear market leader for more than 15 years. Now we can finally offer it here and back it up with the quality of a Mercedes-Benz sales and service department.
Sprinter is not just a mark of quality; it also represents an obligation to keep setting new standards. In terms of transport capacity, fuel economy, cost of ownership, payload, interior stand-in height and environmental operations as the only Blue Tec Diesel models in the market this has been achieved.
There are no meaningful criteria where the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter models don’t represent the best in class in the North American market. Please call Dwayne Austin and visit our Sprinter department at 909 15th SW, 1 (403) 232-6400 for a private showing and demonstration.
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Van to Start at $35,250
If you follow new vehicle pricing at all, you've probably noticed that there's a distinct upward trend in MSRPs as the years go by. For 2010, Mercedes-Benz has decided to buck that trend for its Sprinter commercial van, lowering the average entry price by roughly 6% from 2009,starting at $35,250.
The 2010 Mercedes Sprinter van lineup will include three trim levels. The standard Sprinter cab chassis is the base model and will begin at $35,250. Next up the Sprinter hierarchy is the Sprinter cargo van at $36,925. The top-flight Sprinter passenger van will carry a base price of $40,800.
The Mercedes Sprinter carries on in the New Year with 3.0L BlueTEC diesel engine. The engine marks the first time that a clean Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF), a urea solution to reduce harmful pollutants from the oil-burner's exhaust stream, has been used in commercial van market, says Mercedes.
Mercedes' parent company, Daimler, ended its Sprinter re-badging partnership with Chrysler's Dodge brand late last year, making all Sprinter vans Mercedes vehicles for 2010-onwards. Chrysler is currently investigating bringing a Fiat commercial van to the U.S. in the place of the discontinued Dodge Sprinter, under Chrysler badging. That van would likely be the Fiat Ducato, while a smaller Fiat Doblo may also go head-to-head with Ford's Transit Connect.
The Sprinter is designed primarily for business, not private users, although recreation vehicle (RV) conversions are available. In the US, the first generation Sprinters (2001–2006) were offered solely with the Mercedes-Benz 2.7 litre straight five cylinder turbodiesel.
Companies such as Microsoft are replacing van conversions with wide bus bodies - with Sprinters with side-facing benches and tall right-side doors - as campus shuttle buses. Limited numbers of complete "wagons" (passenger vans) are being produced in Germany and shipped complete to the U.S. market for mostly individual and church van uses. Typical Sprinter Wagons are 8–10 passengers, and have glass in all of the normal positions that windows can be factory installed. Vans shipped to the U.S. on-spec (speculation to sell by dealer/distributor) are mostly sent in Arctic White color, but many standard and a few special colors are available on these passenger vans. The Dodge dealer network for Sprinters is limited to certified locations (known as "Business Link" certified dealers, usually only awarded to "Five Star" certified dealers), and dealer knowledge is still limited in both sales and service. Special orders typically take one to three months for delivery, and make stretch out even longer, due to the assembly and disassembly in Germany, and exporting of parts to South Carolina for re-assembly; the exception being passenger van models which are assembled in Germany and exported assembled.
In North America, most Sprinters are sold as cargo vans to expediters in the United States. Such expediters are similar to truck drivers, except they take smaller loads and will wait in a town indefinitely after unloading, until dispatchers find another customer nearby to transport goods. The advent of the Sprinter van with its cargo space of 13-1/2 feet (4.1 m) has allowed van expediters to take three 48 x 48 in (1.22 x 1.22 m) skids or pallets where previously they were confined to two. A Sprinter driver is capable of hauling approximately 3000 lb (1360 kg) of cargo.
Another market in which Sprinters are gaining ground is as van conversions and recreational vehicles. Conversions include RV's, limousines, family and luxury vans, office vans, wheelchair accessible vans, and golf vans. Sprinter RV conversions can also be called Sprinter campervans. RV converted Sprinters have been produced by many companies.
A Mercedes Sprinter is also the vehicle used by Mike and Frank on The History Channel reality series - American Pickers.
