Were gasoline Sprinters available in 2018?Are all the Amazon sprinters gasoline rather than diesel?
Has more to do with the inclinations of those in positions of power, than with objective reality.Is Amazon just a big business, or BIG business. How far does a business need to go before it crosses the line into triggering investigation as a monopoly?
The Amazon spec Sprinters are all 2wd 144" high top cargos, V6/5spd.Are all the Amazon sprinters gasoline rather than diesel?
Good grief! - this whole forum has turned into a political Danger Zone.
Yes, and I read recently that number two is Toyota.I read recently that the car brand with the highest percentage of American made parts is surprisingly Honda, not GM, Ford, or Chrysler.
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Have you got a reference for that statistic?And most Sprinters sold worldwide are made in the US.
Yes but as Teamsters at least making a living wage, health care, pension etcAggressive driving as style may be the result of pencil pushing, pocket protector bean counters counting every footstep. UPS drivers are always sprinting.
Yes, you are correct. Previous information in 2016-2017 said that Mercedes had planned to export from the US to all of the Americas but sounds like from the information that this has changed due to business changes or the tariffs now in place. The South Carolina factory can build 40,000 Sprinters annually and total global production peaked in 2017 with 200,000 units (only 134,000 in 2014) and the US is the second largest market, so seems like the US factory can produce 20-25% of global supply but now mostly only for American demand although that information is harder to find. Here is some good info.Have you got a reference for that statistic?
Given that the factories in Dusseldorf (and i think there's a 2nd one in Germany) and Argentina have been pumping out millions (over 1 million had been sold by 2005), it's hard to believe that the US is now the primary producer.
--dick
I've been seeing them on the south end.Just as a tiny data point, i haven't seen any in my neck of the Seattle "woods".
What we *do* have is the fleet of private cars full of Amazon packages ... the "Amazon Flex" fleet: https://flex.amazon.com/
Amazon offers "same day, frequently within 2 hours" around here...
--dick (not a "Prime" customer)
I was several vehicles behind an Amazon Prime Sprinter van on I-405N near Mill Creek/I-5 merge on Friday June 7th around 7 pm.Just as a tiny data point, i haven't seen any in my neck of the Seattle "woods".
In Maryland, DC and Northern Virginia I've seen many Prime ProMaster vans. Amazon has obviously made deals with all three USA van builders. This video by Mike and Jennifer Wendland (RV Lifestyle) talks about how the REV Group in Elkhart has all the Sprinters they need because they are willing to pay a little extra. Their lot has several Prime colored Sprinters, they pay Mercedes more than Amazon so they get the vans. Free markets in action!Saw a Prime Transit in Ft.Myers, FL last week. Thought they were all supposed to be sprinters. Maybe they can't get enough soon enough?