Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500 Gets Track Tested
The public has a right to know the 0-60, slalom and skid-pad numbers of a CIA-stakeout vehicle/European ambulance, and Edmunds is delivering those numbers with a strong dose of humor, as if track testing the 6,008-lb 2013 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500 wasn’t funny enough.
The original article includes cackle-inducing paragraphs like this:
“If we had a nickel for every time someone asked us, ‘Hey, I’m thinking of buying a 12-passenger 2013 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500. Does it slalom well?’ we would have absolutely no nickels.”
Want to know what kind of numbers a stretched pope mobile generates? Here we go:
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500 Specifications
- 3.0L V6 turbo diesel with 188 horsepower and 325 lb-ft of torque
- Five-speed automatic transmission with manual-shift mode
- 0-60 in 11.8 seconds
- 1/4 mile in18.4 seconds at 72.4 mph
- 51.7-mph slalom
- 0.62g lateral acceleration
- 60-0 braking in 138 feet
- 6,008-lb curb weight
- $59,170 as-tested price
Edmunds came away from this test impressed. The Sprinter 2500 acted more polished and well-mannered on the track than they expected, so if you want refinement and poise when hauling 11 other CIA operatives, the Sprinter has your pseudonym and agent number written all over it.
