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Old 01-01-2008, 01:02 AM
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German R Class Extended/Short Wheel Base

Anyone here from Germany? I followed a link from the C63 threads and was looking at all the vehicles offered in Germany and came across the R site. They have two versions, one an extended wheel base and one a short wheel base. I was wondering which one the U.S. doesn't get. I can't read German so I can't figure out where the dimensions are at to figure out if the United States has the short or long wheel base version.

http://e-services.mercedes-benz.com/...Id=1&BodyId=14

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US doesn't get the short one.
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All of Europe have both modells I think. The long one have a lenght of 5170 mm (approx)
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Wonder if both the long and short models are built in Alabama? I was under the assumption that all R, ML, and GL's were.

Also, does the short version not have the third row seating?
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Wonder if both the long and short models are built in Alabama? I was under the assumption that all R, ML, and GL's were.

Also, does the short version not have the third row seating?
Why not look at http://www.mercedes.co.uk
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Big thanks, never even crossed my mind to hit up the U.K. site for info I could actually read ha ha. So I answered my own question by reading, says the short wheel base only has room for 5.

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