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The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter is a light commercial vehicle built by Mercedes-Benz Group AG of Stuttgart, Germany as a large van, chassis cab, minibus, and pickup truck. In the past, the Sprinter had been sold under the Mercedes-Benz , Dodge , and Freightliner nameplates.
BharatBenz is a brand of Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV), itself a wholly owned subsidiary of the German manufacturer Daimler Truck AG. [1] [2] The brand is known for its trucks and buses. The headquarters of BharatBenz is at Oragadam, Chennai, India. The “Bharat” part is symbolic for India. [1]
SPRINTER: Sprinter: 1995 2019 – Light commercial vehicle and large van. Also marketed by Freightliner Trucks as the Freightliner Sprinter from 2001 to 2021 and by Dodge as the Dodge Sprinter from 2003 to 2009. VITO: Vito: 1996 2014 2023 Light commercial vehicle (Vito) and minivan (V-Class/Viano). CITAN: Citan: 2012 2022 –
Daimler AG has been active in the commercial vehicle business in India for decades. In 1954, the first truck specifically for the Indian market was a Mercedes-Benz, after Daimler-Benz granted a license for automobile production to India-based Tata Group. [5]
Later that year, the company launched products that did integrate elements from both sides of the company, including the Chrysler Crossfire, which was based on the Mercedes SLK platform and utilized Mercedes's 3.2 L V6, and the Dodge Sprinter/Freightliner Sprinter, a re-badged Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van.
Mercedes-Benz India is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Daimler AG. The company is headquartered in Chakan, Pune, Maharashtra . In 2022, Daimler split into two separate entities, one focusing on passenger vehicles under the newly formed Mercedes-Benz Group moniker and the other on commercial vehicles as Daimler Trucks.
In 1977, Mercedes-Benz presented a 17-metre-long articulated version of the O305 (the O305 G), featuring a rear-mounted engine. By the end of the 1970s the project was improved and a VÖV-II standardised bus range was presented. Mercedes-Benz again took part in the project and in 1980 presented the "S80" standardised regular-service bus.
In 1927 Mercedes-Benz presented its first diesel engine (OM5), which immediately became a sensation. It was the world's first six-cylinder diesel engine, installed on the commercial vehicle. Also from 1927 Mercedes-Benz offered the more powerful six-cylinder petrol engines (M16, M26 and M36) developing 50HP, 70HP and 100 HP. Four-cylinder ...