Geisen noted the company has a “real mini-van variant in Europe, the V-Class, but it has a completely different instrument cluster, plus leather trim and stuff like that.” There are no plans to bring the V-Class to North America at this time. “The target group is really commercial customers,” said Mathias Geisen, general manager, product management and marketing, for Mercedes-Benz Vans USA, adding with a smile that “We will not keep anyone from buying this van, because we’re paid to sell cars.”
That’s the mostly unspoken but highly evident sentiment from Mercedes-Benz, which is unleashing its mid-sized alternative to the popular Sprinter commercial van in October of this year. Don’t call Mercedes-Benz’ soon-to-be-released Metris a mini-van.
