This question was asked at the SprinterFest EAST event during an open discussion chaired by Klaus Tritt, Vice President of Operations, Daimler Vans USA. Klaus mentioned one of the problems is that the Sprinter is manufactured in their Dusseldorf facility and they are not geared up for customer visits or pickup at that location. As the Sprinter was just recently integrated into select Mercedes dealerships in the US I would suspect that the same to happen for the overseas delivery problem in the future. I'm sure it's not top on their list but I'm wouldn't doubt it is on their list.
Good luck.
stew
Lets step back on the above on one point.
You can pre-order a Sprinter and bring it into another country with some minor modification's to comply with with local by-laws.
The NAFTA Sprinter is another story. they are not EU compliant not legal for any other western country.in the EU or Commonwealth territory's as to mainly emissions and fuel compliance.such as 10/ppm and less.
Sprinters are manufactured in two locations in Germany based on model weights variants not including 4x4.Argentina makes and produces the 3 series Sprinters.
Russia has a plant so does China and India or is about to
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Warranty transfer is complicated as to a specific country of a final destination/ of which the warranty is to destination OF THE AGREEMENT OF WARRANTY PERIOD SUBJECT TO VARIATIONS OUT SIDE OF THE COUNTRY OF PURCHASE.
YOU NEED AN EXPORT BROKER, AND A SILK TO PUSH IT THROUGH.
It's easier to force a local dealer to do this custom order,again it costs money and time just to be a pain in the butt to your dealership. you make no friends out of it.
Once purchased from Germany,it must be taken from the country. or be subject to local taxes,
The data plate is marked in several sequences one being SV for export only, sort of puts the Sprinter in an orphan category.
In saying this you save no money on a standard Sprinter but you do get exactly what you want.
It can be done but dealers don't like it one little bit. we have direct customer imports from Germany! They are rare but ? Not an easy exercise.
In conclusion When I come back home. I can prove MB has played the game with this game of collusion to price fixing and cross border manipulation especially with Canada they have paid millions in Euro's as to fines but it's just a slap on the wrist.
But N/A Sprinters are not on the delivery program.
Richard