More Mercedes when the pickup is provided with its own V6:an

It is almost a real Mercedes-Benz we drive when X 350d's 258 horsepower are let loose, driven by the self-produced seven-rung machine and all-wheel drive of the model permanently. Write ”almost” because some of the details in and on this car still says something about Nissan-relationship.

We had, for example, the us expected that the gear shift is on the MB of-way would be located on the steering column. Non – it is like that of the Nissan remains in the centrumkonsolen. ”The customers who are looking for a Mercedes-pick-up want to have it so, little to machohållet,” says a salesperson at the local level working with Mercedes shipping.

Foreseeable instrumentation. The selector in the center console is a deviation from the MB-practice. Photo: Kalle Holmberg

will still be offered rattnära switching for those who want to have it so. Sporty in a way that can be defended, despite the fact that it is a pickup for the 350d 4matic is a car with temperament when the driver so desires.

With the drive program sport loaded, it goes away worse if the pedal is pressed in the bottom. So even with the fuel consumption, according to the manufacturer's specifications for mixed driving, stop at about 8.8 litres per 100 kilometres.

in Order to realize this, it is best to select the comfort or eco mode. Both of these provide with the exquisite suspension a clear, comfortable ride. As always with pickups for five occupants as the ports, however, the X-class rear seat passengers in a high sitting position that becomes a little too straight for the back. Really long trips can be tiring.

the X-class are available only with a double cabin, a selection of the livsstilsimage Mercedes looks in his pickup truck. Photo: Kalle Holmberg

the president is forced out in the terrain with this car – type forest and kraftbolagsfolk – so comfortable you can ask for in the middle of guppandet. With the drive program offroad behave X-class exemplary. In the skilled fyrhjulsdrivningen included low gear that can handle very difficult test, helped in addition by the high ground clearance, to 22.1 centimeters. That can plussas on from the factory with 2 inches, optional for 2.540 sek excluding vat.

rear axle differential lock for better grip in especially difficult situations is also optional, 5.730 sek excluding vat.

On the known MB-wise is tillvalslistan a source to the rapidly climbing price of the – the other brands are generally better at standardutrusta their cars such as Mercedes charge extra for.

the X-class with the V6 diesel has an entry price of 414.900 sek excluding vat. Volkswagen Amarok, originally launched with a dieselfyra but is now only available with the V6, is with their lower vat-free price of 358.000 crowns for the stronger and best-selling variant, a tough competitor to the X-class V6-hand.

well, with full marks in the Euro striving to improve their ncap crash test: five stars. For example, the result was for the protection of pedestrians: ”the Collision was avoided or was ameliorated in the majority of tested speeds.”

A detail admittedly, but still a sign that Nissan makes an impression even on the exterior: the plåtigt sounding cover to bränslepåfyllningens dangling lock. No Merca-clunk there.

Plåtiga filler cap, inherited from the Nissan Navara. Photo: Kalle Holmberg

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