Fox McCloud

I had heard multiple rumors that there was a Mercedes-Benz pickup truck possibly coming out in the future....does anyone have any photos? When is the planned release date?

revstriker

Not happening anytime soon.

mattenbauer

no way ... this can´t be true i hope this is a joke

vraa

It wouldn't work I think for a few reasons.
The 'rich class' who would be able to afford this wouldn't appear in a PickUp truck. The G500, sure, but anything else, no.

The ones that would drive a pickup truck wouldn't look at it because of the options it wouldn't have.
Why buy anything other than a Ford?

Brunelleschi

pickups definitley have their place in the world.....but benz emblem certainly doesn't belong on one

revstriker

Here's one:

revstriker

Here's a real one:

vraa

LOL another point I should add is that a Mercedes Pick Up would look ugly.

Rev: You owe me a new keyboard. I puked all over this one...

Fox McCloud

Wow, I love that pickup! it's got an el' camino look to it, do you know what it's called? What year is it?

As for the pickup thing; yeah, I see what you mean, but at the same time, if they made it an 6-8 foot bed, diesel and gas models, and high-quality (and here's the hard part); decently priced, I think it would do well, but the chances of all that happening are slim to none..... :T

revstriker

The Mercedes Pickup in the picture is a custom converted 1970 MB. The closest thing MB ever made to a pickup were probably in thier light truck area.

I still have my doubts on the popularity of luxury pickup trucks (kind of an oxymoron). When Lincoln released their version of the F150, it did not do too well. Same with Caddie. Now Lincoln is out to try again, and Caddie is only carrying their Avalanch version (as far as I know) which I don't see too much. With Nissan, Honda, and Toyota making large pickups now, this may end up doing something for the luxury brands. But I wouldn't hold my breath...

Fox McCloud

Yes, you do have a point, and shortly after I looked at the pictures, I decided to go to the pictures origin, and found out exactly what you said; that's it's not factory made....bummer. I did see once, however, a 1950s Mercedes pickup.

amdeutsch

Yellow pickup link

Hakk403

SEC!!! Momma NOOOOOOO0000000000ooooooooooooooo.....

I can't believe somebody did that.

They're are also some of the last gen e class pick up conversions, should be pictures somewhere, I think a company in the states does them. There's a picture with a couple of them in front of their building.

Fox McCloud

would you happen to know where I can find these pictures? Do you know the name of the company and how much their conversion-trucks run?

Hakk403

I'll do a quick search for you, I think i saw it in some picture thread on mbcanada so it might take a moment to find.

Hakk403

Can't find you a name but here is a picture.

And the page I found it on, sorry I cant give you more info

http://www.mbcanada.com/forum/index....pic=109&st=120

Fox McCloud

No problem, I just want to find out more about these conversions. The one good thing about them is that if you had one, I doubt anyone else nearby would have one (depending on where you live); the downside is that if it gets wrecked or anything else along those lines you'll have to pay big buck$ to fix it.

Hakk403

Exactly, but I think the positives about owning something rare and different greatly out weight the negatives, as long as it's within good taste and not too crazy, E class truck would be cool, especially a diesel model, I'd hate to see a Maybach pick up though.

Fox McCloud

I could not agree more. I also agree that a diesel conversion would be quite interresting; the most interresting would be a G-class conversion. Now that would be a rugged pickup!

MapleOne

There is a whole section on MB pickup trucks here:
http://www.mbcanada.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=8757

A lot of concepts too