{"id":13556,"date":"2016-03-16T13:00:04","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T17:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thatdope.com\/rides\/mercedes-confirms-their-pickup-will-be-built-by-nissan\/"},"modified":"2016-03-16T13:00:04","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T17:00:04","slug":"mercedes-confirms-their-pickup-will-be-built-by-nissan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thatdope.com\/rides\/mercedes-confirms-their-pickup-will-be-built-by-nissan\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes confirms their pickup will be built by Nissan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nissan, Renault and\u00a0Mercedes-Benz have revealed that they will jointly develop a new mid-size pick-up truck.<\/p>\n
The companies have worked in partnership for a number of years and already share a number of commercial vehicle platforms. For example, the cheerful Renault Kangoo van-derived MPV can also be bought in certain countries, including the UK, as the Mercedes Citan instead.<\/p>\n
MERCEDES REVIVES THE MAYBACH NAME (AGAIN!)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Nissan\u2019s expertise extends to the pick-up truck segment where globally it is the world\u2019s second largest producer. Since 1933, the company has sold over 14 million one-ton pick-ups, therefore it seems like a perfect fit.<\/p>\n Nissan is currently developing the next generation of its own NP300 pick-up truck and it\u2019s understood that it will share a number of platform features with the Mercedes but will be engineered by Daimler to \u201cmeet the specific needs of its customers.\u201d<\/p>\n However, by sharing the costs of development, the partnership is also going to enable Renault to launch its first pick-up truck too.<\/p>\n The French company promises that the finished vehicle, due to go on sale in 2016, will follow its own design philosophy.<\/p>\n The new car, which is expected to debut within the next three years will be sold initially in Europe, Australia and South Africa.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n