Mercedes Could Give The X-Class Pickup A 450bhp V8

If hacking around in your lifestyle pickup under a mere four cylinders' worth of power just doesn't cut it for you, Mercedes could double your fun - but only if you ask for it
Mercedes Could Give The X-Class Pickup A 450bhp V8

Mercedes-Benz is preparing to drop a V8 into its X-Class pickup – but only if customers demand it.

The hilarious prospect of a European-sized luxury pickup with a twin-turbo V8 under the bonnet is apparently one green light away from reality. In turn, that means the essential engineering groundwork has already been done…

Mercedes Could Give The X-Class Pickup A 450bhp V8

Head of the X-Class’s engineering team, Frank Schumacher, has told Australia’s Drive that a V8 is perfectly possible. He’s quoted as saying:

“If customers want more power… we react to customers’ wishes.

“If there will be wishes after the launch of the vehicle that says we need to have V8 then probably we will put in a V8, but that’s always a response on customer request.

“We surely can make it happen, it’s just a question of what V8 you want to put in. You can [even] put the six-litre [V12] in, yeah, but so far there is no plan.”

Mercedes Could Give The X-Class Pickup A 450bhp V8

He stressed that high-performance trucks would typically be limited to the North American market, and that if customer demand really did get high enough to see it built, it wouldn’t use an AMG-spec version of any of its available V8s. Instead, a detuned version with just 450bhp or so would have to suffice. Ah well.

The X-Class, which right now only uses four-cylinder engines, will be given a V6 diesel in most markets towards the end of this year.

Source: Drive

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Comments

Basith Penna-Hakkim

Yes a V8 is what a Mercedes pickup needs
A turbo 4-cylinder won’t do any justice

06/27/2018 - 16:30 |
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Raptor867

10/10 would rock

06/27/2018 - 16:32 |
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White Comet

not sure about the point of making a truck. Because I can’t imagine any other useful purpose of having a Mercedes brand pickup besides just showing the badge on a clean driveway

06/27/2018 - 17:25 |
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Anonymous

mercedes, just give it a V6 and youll have something against the vw amarok

06/27/2018 - 19:52 |
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Klush

AMG pls

06/27/2018 - 20:11 |
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5:19.55

Why not. If it grow and get some of the g wagen 6x6 flashiness, it might get a good amg version in the Us

06/27/2018 - 21:45 |
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Dude

Doesn’t change the fact that it looks like it was modeled after the Honda Ridgeline.

06/28/2018 - 04:11 |
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Wogmidget

They’re announcing it like we’ve never had a V8 ute before

06/28/2018 - 06:49 |
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Anonymous

Potential challenger for FORD

06/28/2018 - 07:27 |
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Ray Sloan

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

It’s going to struggle with that

07/03/2018 - 01:40 |
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DJ N

“You can [even] put the six-litre [V12] in, yeah, but so far there is no plan.”

Well, it’s time to make a plan! It’s the absolutely insane and sometimes impractical ideas we need! Goes and puts a W12 in a minivan

06/28/2018 - 07:47 |
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