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<blockquote data-quote="gordon mcgregor" data-source="post: 25710" data-attributes="member: 169">Re: Full-size van preference?&quot;The new Savan has the 5.3 motor and gets a little over 12mpg local&quot; In my experience a diesel Sprinter will return better than 25 MPG imperial even with the 160 hp engine, so still over 20mpg in US gallons and on the highway it&#039;ll get closer to 30 US, surely if you&#039;re travelling the kinds of mileage you seem to be the fuel savings alone would make the purchase price and probably higher service cost more bearable. I&#039;m also fairly sure that the payload is higher as well, our versions here can carry at least 1.3 tons and stay under the 3.5 ton limit that we have for light vans though if you&#039;re willing to go into commercial licence territory they come in up to 5 ton all up weight so a payload of about 2.5 tons I think..&nbsp; The local parcel companies all use them here and they seem to bear up well to the abuse, Mercedes commercial tend to have good lease and maintainence packages for commercial users and I&#039;m sure they&#039;ll do something similar in the US G</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gordon mcgregor, post: 25710, member: 169"] Re: Full-size van preference? "The new Savan has the 5.3 motor and gets a little over 12mpg local" In my experience a diesel Sprinter will return better than 25 MPG imperial even with the 160 hp engine, so still over 20mpg in US gallons and on the highway it'll get closer to 30 US, surely if you're travelling the kinds of mileage you seem to be the fuel savings alone would make the purchase price and probably higher service cost more bearable. I'm also fairly sure that the payload is higher as well, our versions here can carry at least 1.3 tons and stay under the 3.5 ton limit that we have for light vans though if you're willing to go into commercial licence territory they come in up to 5 ton all up weight so a payload of about 2.5 tons I think.. The local parcel companies all use them here and they seem to bear up well to the abuse, Mercedes commercial tend to have good lease and maintainence packages for commercial users and I'm sure they'll do something similar in the US G [/QUOTE]

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