The light van that is offered in two formats; Van or purely professional for cargo and transport or Tourer
Mercedes launches
the second generation of the Citan, the light van that is offered in two formats; Van or purely professional for cargo and transport or Tourer, designed for leisure and passengers. There are long and short wheelbase versions and a fully electric version is announced for next year.
It is the second generation of the Mercedes Citan that
has been developed jointly with Renault, which has its Renault Kangoo on the market, undoubtedly a good product among other things because last month they also jointly won the ‘International Van of the Year 2022’, an award that rewards the best in its category among the best fourteen commercials light commercialized in the last year.
The Mercedes Citan has a genuinely Mercedes interior and exterior image, which not only has been responsible for differentiating its van on an aesthetic level, but also optimizing the chassis and selecting the range that it wants to offer to its customers, with an interior that
presents a design in line with the rest of the products of the German manufacturer, including the feel of the materials, the perceived quality and the equipment, included in all versions the complete multifunction steering wheel and the MBUX multimedia system, Mercedes-Benz User Experience.
Mercedes offers the Citan initially
with two types of bodywork; Van and Tourer. The most commercial variant designed for your strictly professional offers a cargo volume of 2.5 m3 with
a maximum weight of 700 kilos which in the case of including the reinforced rear suspension can carry up to 935 kilos. The load capacity is one of its main values and the mixed variant reaches 2.9 m3, which is the measure so that two Euro pallets can be placed in a transverse position.
For its part, the Tourer body, designed for mixed or more leisure-oriented use, has a boot with 775 liters that reaches 2,400 by folding down the seats. We said initially because these are the bodies available at the time of their commercialization, but in 2022
the range will be completed with an elongated chassis variant with 4.92 meters long and also incorporates the Mixed version, halfway between Van and Tourer, a part for passenger transport and a generous cargo space.
The mechanical section in the case of the Van is resolved
with a gasoline engine with two power ranges, 102 and 131 hp and a diesel engine in this case with three power levels, 75, 95 and 116 hp. In addition, the 85 kW diesel engine available in the Van version offers an Overpower and Overtorque function that provides up to 89 kW or 121 hp in total with 295 Nm of torque. This system is especially appreciated when loaded. For its part, the Tourer
bets on the most powerful 131 hp gasoline engine and 95 hp diesel.
Throughout 2022
the e-Citan will arrive, the 100% electric variant How interesting can it be for this type of vehicle in your professional last kilometer freight service in city centers thanks to the Zero label and a range of more than 285 kilometers. In addition, the electric Citan advertises a recharge capacity of 80% in just 45 minutes with a fast charger. The all-electric Citan will be available with a variety of body versions and will be offered with a trailer hitch. The electric motor of the eCitan
will have a power of 75 kW or 102 hp with a maximum torque of 245 Nm associated with a lithium-ion battery with a capacity of 44 kWh. At the wheel the driver will be able to choose between the two usage programs; Comfort and ECO with three levels of energy recovery.
One of the sections that Mercedes has taken care of the most in its new light van is
what is related to security. In addition to the reinforced body structure, it has up to seven airbags as standard and different driving assistance systems, such as ESP or hill start aid or crosswind assist. The
Mercedes-Benz Citan They include radar, ultrasound and camera sensors for driving assistance systems and through the active lane departure detector it even intervenes on the steering wheel
not forgetting the ABS and ESP systems or the warning of fatigue and emergency call among other things. And all this is even more complete in the case of the Citan Tourer, which includes the active braking assistant, the lane departure detection, the blind spot control or the detection of signals.
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