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Major awards for Mercedes-Benz vans

Mercedes-Benz’ Sprinter and Vito vans have won major European awards in the Courier, Express and Parcel Services’ Van of the Year 2010 competition held in Germany, taking first place in the 3.5-tonne and 3.0-tonne van categories respectively. 

A natural gas-powered Sprinter, designed for urban environments and producing significantly lower exhaust gas and noise emission figures, won the Alternative Drive Systems category.

The awards were made by a jury of 30 experts from the courier, express and parcel services sector who evaluated 18 participating vehicles before picking the winners in five categories.  The examiners covered over 7,000 kilometres in the course of 540 test drives.  Functionality, driving comfort, handling characteristics, design and economic efficiency were among the points covered in the evaluation.