{"id":49948,"date":"2023-05-18T09:03:33","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T13:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=49948"},"modified":"2023-05-18T09:03:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T13:03:33","slug":"1139684_mercedes-benz-teases-updated-v-class-luxury-mid-size-van","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=49948","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes-Benz teases updated V-Class luxury mid-size van"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mercedes-Benz is preparing an update for its mid-size van that’s sold in the U.S. in a commercial guise known as the Metris, and a teaser shot was released this week.<\/p>\n

In other markets, the Metris is known as the Vito, and is sold alongside a luxury version called the V-Class. The Vito and V-Class also come in electric guise, known as the eVito and EQV, respectively.<\/p>\n

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The teaser shot shows the updated V-Class.<\/p>\n

Prototypes for the updated V-Class<\/a> and EQV<\/a> have been spotted, and Mercedes has confirmed a reveal this summer.<\/p>\n

The updates will include tweaks to the exterior styling and a new dash. The latter will adopt a single panel integrating both a digital instrument cluster and infotainment screen. Mercedes said new digital services and safety features are also planned.<\/p>\n

It isn’t clear what’s planned for the powertrains. Buyers currently have a series of diesels to choose from, including 4- and 6-cylinder options, plus an electric powertrain in the eVito and EQV.<\/p>\n

Mercedes hasn’t said whether the Metris will be updated, though the automaker allegedly told its U.S. dealers last year that the Metris will be dropped<\/a> after the third quarter of 2023.<\/p>\n

While the U.S. will likely miss out on the updated van series, Mercedes this week confirmed a new luxury mid-size van<\/a> with electric power will be launched here later this decade. The new electric van, likely to be a successor to the current EQV, will be based on a dedicated EV platform that will eventually underpin all vans from Mercedes, including future versions of the full-size Sprinter van.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mercedes-Benz is preparing an update for its mid-size van that’s sold in the U.S. in a commercial guise known as the Metris, and a teaser shot was released this week. In other markets, the Metris is known as the Vito, and is sold alongside a luxury version called the V-Class. The Vito and V-Class also […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49949,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/49949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}