April 6 2005

The popular Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van now offers higher levels of driver comfort and safety through the addition of enhanced standard equipment levels.

The Sprinter van is now equipped with a driver airbag as standard, further reducing the risk of driver injury in a collision. The addition of standard driver airbag ensures that drivers are protected with similar safety systems as used in many passenger cars.

For increased driver comfort and ease of operation the Sprinter van is now also fitted standard with electric mirrors. This feature provides the driver with a better level of manoeuvrability and increases the ease of operation.

Since local introduction in 1998, the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter has been a strong market performer and in 2004 record sales were reported with 1982 units sold.

“Sprinter has always been renowned for its efficiency from an operating cost point of view,” said Campbell York, senior executive responsible for Mercedes-Benz light commercial vehicles.

“The new standard features show that the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter also values driver safety and comfort which are now brought into the limelight,” said York. “With the addition of these new standard features the Sprinter more than ever truly represents safety, comfort and value in the commercial vehicle segment,” he said.

More than one million Sprinters have been sold since the van’s release ten years ago and Sprinters can be found on the roads of more than 100 countries around the world.

Continuous further development is one of the strengths of the Sprinter. Numerous model updating measures have ensured that the model year 2005 Sprinter is every bit as up-to-date as the van was at the start of its Australian career in 1998.