Totally agree with this review. I currently drive a 2016 Ranger XLT looking to upgrade. I can not justify the cost versus inclusions compared to the Ranger I guess it’s a lot of money just for the badge. I would prefer a punchier motor in the Raptor but the 10 speed sure bridges a lot of gaps in the shortfall of the 2.0 Ltr twin turbo diesel to make it ok. Glad the emergency braking and speed sensitive cruise are now included.
Shane Ruthven i have the same issue but when i see all the 2wd pickups in the winter and they drive slower than me in a front wheel drive Golf i will never buy any of them. I dont want to change drive mode every time i need it, i want some permanent 4wd. This is save in any weather and road condition and you dont destroy your gearbox cause you cant forget turning out 4wd. In the pickup class you only have a amarok and xclass with this transmission, v6 power is almost the same, merc has an additional low gear and 3 locks, so the choice is really easy... you get most for your price and yes its a navara underneath but motor, transmission and chassis is from merc and this makes a huge difference.
Foster child of Mercedes. They produced the x350 d from the leftover parts of other models. Ooo bring body from Nissan, ooo bring some OM642 engines left from W series that we will never use, ooo bring some old C class dashboard from woodshed that are useless, ooo bring old slow multimedia from repository that we will not use anymore... If mercedes used GLE or GLS material inside the x350d, they most probably get different results, they could make best pick-up for Europe. After all I bought one last month. :D
The hilarious thing about this ute is that one time Mercedes subsidiary Ssangyong offers a more premium cabin and all the same safety tech plus luxury features that Mercedes are too cheap to offer at less than half the price. Then they offer a 7 year unlimited km warranty. Somebody ought to send the Ssangyong to Stuttgart for a bit of suspension tuning and that big engine. Then we'd have a true winner on our hands, even if if cost $20,000 more (making it about $60k)
@@afcgeo882 in the 1990's Mercedes owned a significant part of Ssangyong. Ssangyong manufactured vans for them and the original Musso was sold through Mercedes dealerships for a short while. My 1996 Musso had a genuine made in Germany Benz engine and transmission and my '14 and '15 models still feature 5 speed auto Benz transmission as does the latest Rexton with it's 7 speed auto. The link between the companies is 100% real. They even had a luxury sedan called chairman that was the 1990's E class with a different body shell. The old Rexton started out life as a rebodied M class as well.
Having driven all of the utes on the market currently, I was so impressed with the Musso, the only niggle is the jitteryness on the rear end is not as sorted as the Ranger or X-Class, besides that, everything was very good.
Mark Griffiths in the 1990’s Daimler-Benz owned exactly 0% of SsangYong. ZERO. The two companies worked jointly on projects via a contract, a technology partnership. The most famous one being the Musso. However, there was never any ownership stakes traded. Daimler-Benz did purchase 3% of SsangYong a few years ago though and even considered buying it out from Daewoo, but that went nowhere.
@@afcgeo882 is 100% hung up on being correct and therefore misses the point I was making in the first place. Ssangyong are making a ute for less than half the price than Mercedes. Subsidiary partnership or whatever the hell your snowflake self would like to call it, the connection is 100% real. Ssangyong to this very day still utilize some Mercedes components (a la 7 speed automatic in the Rexton) Mercedes really did sell Musso through their dealerships badged as Mercedes Ssangyong Musso for a while and my 1996 Musso had a 100% made in Germany 3.2 litre 6 cylinder engine coupled to a Mercedes 4 speed automatic transmission. The previous Rexton started out life as the original 1990's ML320 and Ssangyong made a big thing of the connection between the two when they released it in Korea in the early 2000's
Id get the new 2019 Mitsubishi triton gls premium... 7 yrs warranty, heated leather seats, super select ii 4wd system, 360 degree cameras, rear diff lock etc. Has more features, all for $50k drive away! Only area this wins is the engine / gearbox. But for $30k + you would hope so.....
I want something more unreliable than a Nissan with lesser resale and I hate myself. Have no self esteem and want to be ridiculed as soon as I leave the dealership...even by the dealership staff.... Mercedes: say no more
@@Tomoyo0827 that's why I bought it. Now I fanaticise about the office receptionist asking for a ride home and then getting an erection without viagra but people just laugh at me at the traffic lights
It's really weird because in the UK you see a lot of l200, hilux, navara, ranger and that fiat truck i can't remember the name of and for some reason you see quite a few x classes as well so it just goes to show that people will pay extra for a badge
Everyone in this comment section... are you experts... thats a no. If you have a problem with this car i guess you can not afford it, so you are not in the market for it. You obviously don't understand the reason for it because you are myopic at best. Its a shame really. Fact is its the x class is better and safer and im sure if you could afford it you would look into it. Stop complaining!
people pay for Mercs not only for their budge but for its relative luxury feel (even though it could be down on features). With this ute, they have missed this factor when charging 30 to 50% more. Also, if someone buys a ute they generally intend to use it for the purposes their styling suggests, so yes 3 years is laughable.
If you want a v6 diesel Ute, head to your nearest VW dealer This utes a joke, I’d rather spend 48k on an stx and a few more grand on a tune and you’ve basically got an x-class for 30k less
Your so Right. Merc really dived into deep waters. It seems they really didn't know what they where doing! Am a Merc fan but this is really not a good deal!
They tried to compete with the VW Amerok but they failed miserably by pricing themselves out of the market. A navara with the parts bin from Mercedes to make it look nice. The only redemption is that V6 engine
The interiors in this market are complicated. To compete, the interior quality level must be x times more durable. A little sacrifice on nice materials for solidness. Hilux is a nice example, loved the world over -- people write deep poems about that thing.
Living in the Netherlands, Mercs are more common than over in Australia. But even without intimate knowledge of utes, offroading and the Australian car market in particular, I can see this is not anywhere near Merc standards and, quite honestly, absolut scheiße
max bett Certainly have, I burst out laughing thinking why do you want to drive a ute like a mere tradie if you think your so much better than anyone else driving a mere Hilux or Triton, go figure 🤷♂️. They look like such cocksuckers.
Rangers are like backsides, everyone has one.Try the Navara V6 diesel 2012 2013 and 2014 it is 550nm and a brilliant ute.I have just remapped it and it is lethal, should have done it when I got it.
Mercedes fábricas essa camioneta na Argentina e pior até hoje não comercializa la no Brasil Paraíso das camiotes onde Toyota hilux e Ford ranger vendem como água. ...
Mercedes have definitely tried to shortchange the consumer with this one... Probably go down as their biggest mistake of the decade sadly since it was much anticipated. Interior is substandard and the rear body feels flimsy. As a Mercedes it doesn't even compete with the higher end everyday bakkies out there like the Ranger, Amarok, Hilux and so on. Nice idea...execution however leaves much to be desired.
GO THE MIGHTY HILUX😎A mate of mine just bought one and after the first time of it driving on a Flat slightly ,muddy slippery dirt road the PLASTIC BASH PLATE HALF BROKE OFF AN we got back on the black top an pulled into a servo we had to unbolt the rest of it an take the plate off , very disappointed to see a $80000 luxury 4wd with crap useless bash plates plus u have to wait at least 6 to 12months be for any upgrades are available to put on it here in Aust
Sounds like that Badge is worth around 20 Grand...
I love mine, great daily ute.
Why in the world didn’t they just make a ute on the Gelendewagen platform?!
Totally agree with this review. I currently drive a 2016 Ranger XLT looking to upgrade. I can not justify the cost versus inclusions compared to the Ranger I guess it’s a lot of money just for the badge. I would prefer a punchier motor in the Raptor but the 10 speed sure bridges a lot of gaps in the shortfall of the 2.0 Ltr twin turbo diesel to make it ok. Glad the emergency braking and speed sensitive cruise are now included.
Shane Ruthven i have the same issue but when i see all the 2wd pickups in the winter and they drive slower than me in a front wheel drive Golf i will never buy any of them. I dont want to change drive mode every time i need it, i want some permanent 4wd. This is save in any weather and road condition and you dont destroy your gearbox cause you cant forget turning out 4wd.
In the pickup class you only have a amarok and xclass with this transmission, v6 power is almost the same, merc has an additional low gear and 3 locks, so the choice is really easy... you get most for your price and yes its a navara underneath but motor, transmission and chassis is from merc and this makes a huge difference.
Foster child of Mercedes. They produced the x350 d from the leftover parts of other models. Ooo bring body from Nissan, ooo bring some OM642 engines left from W series that we will never use, ooo bring some old C class dashboard from woodshed that are useless, ooo bring old slow multimedia from repository that we will not use anymore... If mercedes used GLE or GLS material inside the x350d, they most probably get different results, they could make best pick-up for Europe. After all I bought one last month. :D
Great car, glad I bought it
I’d rather a Navara for nearly half the price it’s got all I need.
I love my xclass so smooth so quiet for a dual cab can't fault it 130k km still like new
Why? Just why?
The safest ute you can buy with 5 star ANCAP rating I understand and it’s reviews elsewhere say it beats the Ford
The hilarious thing about this ute is that one time Mercedes subsidiary Ssangyong offers a more premium cabin and all the same safety tech plus luxury features that Mercedes are too cheap to offer at less than half the price. Then they offer a 7 year unlimited km warranty. Somebody ought to send the Ssangyong to Stuttgart for a bit of suspension tuning and that big engine. Then we'd have a true winner on our hands, even if if cost $20,000 more (making it about $60k)
SsangYong was never a Daimler-Benz subsidiary.
@@afcgeo882 in the 1990's Mercedes owned a significant part of Ssangyong. Ssangyong manufactured vans for them and the original Musso was sold through Mercedes dealerships for a short while. My 1996 Musso had a genuine made in Germany Benz engine and transmission and my '14 and '15 models still feature 5 speed auto Benz transmission as does the latest Rexton with it's 7 speed auto. The link between the companies is 100% real. They even had a luxury sedan called chairman that was the 1990's E class with a different body shell. The old Rexton started out life as a rebodied M class as well.
Having driven all of the utes on the market currently, I was so impressed with the Musso, the only niggle is the jitteryness on the rear end is not as sorted as the Ranger or X-Class, besides that, everything was very good.
Mark Griffiths in the 1990’s Daimler-Benz owned exactly 0% of SsangYong.
ZERO.
The two companies worked jointly on projects via a contract, a technology partnership. The most famous one being the Musso. However, there was never any ownership stakes traded.
Daimler-Benz did purchase 3% of SsangYong a few years ago though and even considered buying it out from Daewoo, but that went nowhere.
@@afcgeo882 is 100% hung up on being correct and therefore misses the point I was making in the first place. Ssangyong are making a ute for less than half the price than Mercedes. Subsidiary partnership or whatever the hell your snowflake self would like to call it,
the connection is 100% real. Ssangyong to this very day still utilize some Mercedes components (a la 7 speed automatic in the Rexton) Mercedes really did sell Musso through their dealerships badged as Mercedes Ssangyong Musso for a while and my 1996 Musso had a 100% made in Germany 3.2 litre 6 cylinder engine coupled to a Mercedes 4 speed automatic transmission. The previous Rexton started out life as the original 1990's ML320 and Ssangyong made a big thing of the connection between the two when they released it in Korea in the early 2000's
I laugh every time someone drives past me in one of these.
Id get the new 2019 Mitsubishi triton gls premium... 7 yrs warranty, heated leather seats, super select ii 4wd system, 360 degree cameras, rear diff lock etc. Has more features, all for $50k drive away! Only area this wins is the engine / gearbox. But for $30k + you would hope so.....
Yeah but the tritons are garbage
@@maxbett8845 never hear them having mechanical issues so i beg to differ.
Beg to differ, tritons are awesome bang for your buck. It took out the recent dual cab test by 4x4 action
The badge is the reason it’s so expensive. But if you were to buy a vehicle with 4wd or awd id go the M Class Mercedes wagon with the V8
I want something more unreliable than a Nissan with lesser resale and I hate myself. Have no self esteem and want to be ridiculed as soon as I leave the dealership...even by the dealership staff....
Mercedes: say no more
outwestlawns you do get the three pointed star tho...
@@Tomoyo0827 that's why I bought it. Now I fanaticise about the office receptionist asking for a ride home and then getting an erection without viagra but people just laugh at me at the traffic lights
Are you still alive?
It's really weird because in the UK you see a lot of l200, hilux, navara, ranger and that fiat truck i can't remember the name of and for some reason you see quite a few x classes as well so it just goes to show that people will pay extra for a badge
Fair review, thanks.
Everyone in this comment section... are you experts... thats a no. If you have a problem with this car i guess you can not afford it, so you are not in the market for it. You obviously don't understand the reason for it because you are myopic at best. Its a shame really. Fact is its the x class is better and safer and im sure if you could afford it you would look into it. Stop complaining!
@@Hazardbone ha ha ha
Tell em
😂
Damian Rudling Spot on ! Don’t understand it or can’t afford it then Slag it...Tall Poppy Syndrome at its finest
👍
If Mercedes was the answer, what the hell was the question? And a 3 year warranty, are they having a laugh?
people pay for Mercs not only for their budge but for its relative luxury feel (even though it could be down on features). With this ute, they have missed this factor when charging 30 to 50% more. Also, if someone buys a ute they generally intend to use it for the purposes their styling suggests, so yes 3 years is laughable.
Tacoma will 4EVER be king of mid-size trucks.
If you want a v6 diesel Ute, head to your nearest VW dealer
This utes a joke, I’d rather spend 48k on an stx and a few more grand on a tune and you’ve basically got an x-class for 30k less
Nice Nissan
Your so Right. Merc really dived into deep waters. It seems they really didn't know what they where doing!
Am a Merc fan but this is really not a good deal!
And to think that Merc made a legendery 4x4 like the Gwagen....makes it sad really and i love Merc
P.S. Its Engine and 4x4 system are really good tho
The hard surfaces inside ITS NIT LIKE UR GONNA SCRATCH THEM THE WHOLE CAR DRIVE
They tried to compete with the VW Amerok but they failed miserably by pricing themselves out of the market. A navara with the parts bin from Mercedes to make it look nice. The only redemption is that V6 engine
The interiors in this market are complicated. To compete, the interior quality level must be x times more durable. A little sacrifice on nice materials for solidness. Hilux is a nice example, loved the world over -- people write deep poems about that thing.
Can anybody link me to, or tell me the exact difference between the Progressive and Pure variants.
thank you ♥️
Living in the Netherlands, Mercs are more common than over in Australia. But even without intimate knowledge of utes, offroading and the Australian car market in particular, I can see this is not anywhere near Merc standards and, quite honestly, absolut scheiße
Berend Pilon because it’s a Nissan.
So I'm gonna go with someone lost their job after thinking this would sell. $90K, I can get a full size V8 GMC fully loaded Harley Davidson edition.
I would by the Dmax better off road and better bang for bucks off road.
3 years old this thing is worth 35k on trade in . good luck Mercedes buyers
This aged badly
It will go up in value idiot. These will be a collectors item as they are not made anymore and have a Mercedes badge.
Anyone else seen one of these out on the road and thought... 'Bet this guy is a knob head' and been 100% right
max bett Certainly have, I burst out laughing thinking why do you want to drive a ute like a mere tradie if you think your so much better than anyone else driving a mere Hilux or Triton, go figure 🤷♂️. They look like such cocksuckers.
Can buy 2 x Navara’s 🙄
I think a 7 was generous.......
Ford Ranger wldtrk for me or toyota hilux.
Rangers are like backsides, everyone has one.Try the Navara V6 diesel 2012 2013 and 2014 it is 550nm and a brilliant ute.I have just remapped it and it is lethal, should have done it when I got it.
Hows the Toyota going for you?
88.000?? What? I would rather buy ram1500 with Rambox
Ram is a dated design and not comparable. No lane departure, EBA or adaptive cruise control, seems VW or Ranger is a better buy.
If i wanted to spend 90k on a twin cab ute , why on earth would I buy THIS for when I can get a ford f150......
80 grand in Indian rupees? Pretty cheap!
G’day
Let's call a Nissan.. a Nissan.. keep the BS for all the clowns !
Nissan did the reverse to a mercedes. Do whos who?
Mercedes fábricas essa camioneta na Argentina e pior até hoje não comercializa la no Brasil Paraíso das camiotes onde Toyota hilux e Ford ranger vendem como água. ...
Mercedes have definitely tried to shortchange the consumer with this one... Probably go down as their biggest mistake of the decade sadly since it was much anticipated.
Interior is substandard and the rear body feels flimsy. As a Mercedes it doesn't even compete with the higher end everyday bakkies out there like the Ranger, Amarok, Hilux and so on. Nice idea...execution however leaves much to be desired.
What a heap of crap, who’s gunna buy this ?, if I had this amount of coin would definitely get a Hilux 👍🇦🇺
GO THE MIGHTY HILUX😎A mate of mine just bought one and after the first time of it driving on a Flat slightly ,muddy slippery dirt road the PLASTIC BASH PLATE HALF BROKE OFF AN we got back on the black top an pulled into a servo we had to unbolt the rest of it an take the plate off , very disappointed to see a $80000 luxury 4wd with crap useless bash plates plus u have to wait at least 6 to 12months be for any upgrades are available to put on it here in Aust
@@leonbennett3190 id buy a cruiser
Buy a hilux and have dpf problems
Leon Bennett sounds like your mate got ripped off paying $80,000 for Thai Hilux Ute. He should have ponied up for the x class!
80 thousand baht more like
90% of the comments here; Nar mate, nar ay. Bluddy lot of munny for a yoot ay? Bluddy Murc. Nar. Disclaimer: I wouldn’t own one either.