Eat your heart out Matt Foley, because thanks to Mercedes-Benz we now totally want to live in a van down by the river.
The German brand recently unveiled a handful of converted camper vans it plans to bring to the Caravan Salon trade show in Düsseldorf, Germany. This resulted in two reactions here at Car and Driver:

How are we just now hearing about the Caravan Salon trade show in Düsseldorf, Germany"
How long has Mercedes-Benz been depriving stateside camper-van enthusiasts of these glorious machines"

In regards to the latter question, it turns out Westfalia has been converting Mercedes-Benz vans into mobile sleeping quarters for more than three decades. And for some two years now, Mercedes-Benz has teamed with the company to create the factory-backed, pop-top Vito/V-class (née Metris) Marco Polo edition. Why Mercedes-Benz doesn’t offer the Marco Polo kit on the North American Metris is beyond us, as a Benz-badged camper van with available wood floors and standard sleeping space for four seems like the perfect tool for today’s modern glamper. Alas, we’re left with only a dream of such a life, whereas our European counterparts get to live the reality.
MB will display three different production-ready Marco Polo editions at the Caravan Salon, as well as a custom Vito Vansportscamper created by Terracamper and Hartmann Tuning. Mercedes-Benz claims the Vansportscamper combines “expressive design with sportiness.” An odd...