Mercedes-Benz Weekender: Bring On That Wild Country!
The Mercedes-Benz Weekender is a pop-up camper van for the U.S. market. Riding on the Metris platform, the Weekender seats five and sleeps for four.Despite modern features, the Weekender reminds us of the glory days of vans.
Mercedes-Benz announced its first modern and practical pop-up camper van for the U.S. market at the Chicago Auto Show recently. Mercedes drew inspiration from previous camper models, but integrated the latest safety and convenience features. Put it another way: This is not a hippie van. No. This a very well-appointed Mercedes you can go camping in.
It Just So Happens . . .
By the strangest of coincidences I saw one of these things yesterday. I live next to an apple cidery and as I was walking through the parking lot, a big, black Mercedes Sprinter van came pulling in. It was all the stuff hanging off it that first drew my attention. From all the light racks and roof racks, it looked like there was tons of intense customization going on. I didn?t see the license plate, but I assumed they were down from Canada since Merc doesn?t import these things into America, until now.
The couple that got out looked like models in the REI catalog: mid-20s, fit, outdoorsy, rich. The perfect demographic for the new camper that Mercedes is unleashing into the wilds of America.
Incense & Peppermints
This new Mercedes-Benz for the great American vacation is called the Weekender, and it rides on the Metris van platform (unlike the outgoing world-m...
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