{"id":8399,"date":"2018-04-16T15:58:30","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T05:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/?p=8399"},"modified":"2020-06-20T00:29:09","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T14:29:09","slug":"mercedes-benz-x-class-for-the-tradies-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/australia\/mercedes-benz-x-class-for-the-tradies-is-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes-Benz X-Class For The Tradies Is Here."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Along with German sibling Volkswagen, <strong>Mercedes-Benz<\/strong> now offers a four door utility vehicle. Called the <strong>X-Class<\/strong> it&#8217;s got a starting price of $45,490 plus on roads. With an effective trickle style media campaign underway there&#8217;s already over 8000 registrations of interest in their new vehicle. As is to be expected, M-B will offer an almost bewildering range of variants. There&#8217;s will be a choice of two models called the X 220d and X250d, two diesel engines offering either 120kW or 140kW, a six speed manual for each or a seven speed auto for the 250d.<br \/>\nThe 220d will be given either a rear wheel or all wheel drive system, with the 250d coming in AWD only. A high output V6 will be available by the end of 2018, with 190kW and 550Nm of torque.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8401\" src=\"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC05894_preview-300x185.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" \/><br \/>\nThere will be three trim levels: Pure, Progressive, and Power, designed to appeal to three distinct lifestyles and working groups. Underneath will be the tried and true, and fettled for Australian roads, double wishbone front and multi-link rears, with both ends riding on coil springs. This aims to provide a harmonious balance of safety with any load and a comfortable ride.<\/p>\n<p>Safety won&#8217;t be an issue with the X-Class receiving a five star ANCAP rating thanks to seven airbags, <strong>Autonomous Emergency Braking<\/strong>, Lane Keeping Assist, plus a 360 degree camera in the Power and optionable on the Progressive.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8403\" src=\"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC06282_preview-300x214.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" \/>It&#8217;ll have a significant on-road presence with a 5340mm length, 1920mm width and 1829mm height. The front end features a stand-out Mercedes-Benz emblem inside a twin louvre grille, a M-B family look to the lower front bar, and a powerful stance at the rear.The tray will hold a standard Australian spec pallet and towing of up to 3500 kilograms is factored in. Whilst working hard it&#8217;ll cosset driver and passengers in three trim levels inside including two leather and two roof lining colours.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC06231_preview-300x192.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" \/>The Pure will be aimed at the working driver and will roll on 17 inch steel wheels. They&#8217;ll be able to access media via a seven inch touchscreen. The Progressive driver has 17 inch alloys, colour coded bumpers, heat insulating glass in the windscreen, and Garmin integrated navigation through the seven inch touchscreen.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC05657_preview-300x216.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" \/>Power drivers will have their new ute fitted with 18 inch alloys, man made leather interior, parking assist via M-B&#8217;s <strong>PARKTRONIC<\/strong> system, and an eight speaker digital audio system.<br \/>\nA range of option packs will be available across the range for the <strong>2018 Mercedes-Benz X-Class<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MercedesBenzVansAustralia\/ and @mercedesbenzvans_au on Instagram can be followed for more information as well as contact Mercedes-Benz dealerships.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8404\" src=\"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC07375_preview-300x204.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/credit-n.ru\/offers-zaim\/turbozaim-zaimy-online-bez-otkazov.html\" style=\"visibility: hidden;\">http:\/\/credit-n.ru\/offers-zaim\/turbozaim-zaimy-online-bez-otkazov.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Along with German sibling Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz now offers a four door utility vehicle. Called the X-Class it&#8217;s got a starting price of $45,490 plus on roads. With an effective trickle style media campaign underway there&#8217;s already over 8000 registrations of interest in their new vehicle. As is to be expected, M-B will offer an almost [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[227],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8399"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11249,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8399\/revisions\/11249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}