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OREANDA-NEWS. Company Mercedes-Benz plans the appearance of a new pick-up in the Russian market at the end of 2017 - beginning of 2018. "Kolesa.ru" portal informed about this the Vice President of Mercedes-Benz Vans, Soren Heze, by noting that companies are considering Russia as one of the most important markets for new products.

The production of the pickup is expected to be adjusted at the same plants in the Argentine city of C?rdoba and Barcelona (Spain), where it is planned to produce Nissan Navara and Renault Alaskan. "It will be a true Mercedes”, - says Soren Heze. – “I know that many people say that this car is designed in collaboration with Nissan, and that in reality it will be just re-faced Navara. But it's just funny to hear. Those who see the original model, that is Nissan Navara, and the Mercedes pick-up, won’t even suspect that these cars have common genes".

As previously reported "AUTOSTAT", the brand Mercedes-Benz Vans at the end of 2015 gave the Russian clients 8362 cars (-24%) against the overall decline in sales in the Russian market of small tonnage by 31%. As noted in the "Meresdes-Benz Rus", the compact and medium-sized vans felt confident in the market during the whole year. The new Vito cars, with front-wheel, rear-wheel and four-wheel drive, as well as accessible as possible for order equipment and optional packages, were bought by 835 customers. Moreover, traffic jams in many Russian cities and the growing demand for fast delivery of persons or goods increased the demand for Citan - the clients received 191 cars. On the more important market of the big vans "Mercedes-Benz Rus" sold 7201 units, by keeping its position as the most successful foreign brand. The company's market share in this segment increased from 7.4% in 2014 to 7.9%.