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It’s not unpleasant to look at, but the Mercedes Benz is a bit of a monster. This glorified people mover is available with big V6 engines, all-wheel drive an full leather luxury interiors, but all these can actually be considered shortcoming when you’re talking about the competitive US market.
According to a Yahoo Autos report, Mercedes Benz USA has confirmed the 2012 R-Class will be the last one produced for the US market. The German automaker has only managed to sell 300 of these wagon-SUVs this year in America, and Christian Bokich says the R-Class sales have decreased “to the extent that we can no longer make the business case for continuing to offer the R-Class.”
We’ll remind you that the R350 4Matic starts at $52,690 (not including transportation) and comes with a 3.5-liter V6 mated to a seven-speed automatic, while the R350 BlueTec diesel is $53,840, being equipped with a 210 hp 3.0-liter turbodiesel.
We’ll remind you that the R350 4Matic starts at $52,690 (not including transportation) and comes with a 3.5-liter V6 mated to a seven-speed automatic, while the R350 BlueTec diesel is $53,840, being equipped with a 210 hp 3.0-liter turbodiesel.
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