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Mercedes-Benz Vans shows pickup truck concepts; market launch in late 2017; diesel V6

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Mercedes-Benz Vans unveiled two design variants of the Concept X-CLASS, previewing the coming X-Class pickup, in Stockholm. The key markets will be Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, Australia with New Zealand, and Europe. Mercedes-Benz Concept X-CLASS stylish explorer (right) and Mercedes-Benz Concept X-CLASS powerful adventurer (left).

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New Volkswagen MQ281 manual gearbox shaves up to 5g CO2/km

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The new Passat is the first vehicle to be equipped with the MQ281, followed by almost all vehicle classes of the brands Audi, SEAT, ŠKODA and Volkswagen. The trend towards vehicles from the SUV segment with large-diameter wheels places high demands on the gearbox. MQ281 manual transmission. The MQ281 is based on a 2.5