2003 Dodge Sprinter 2500 rebadged as Mercedes-Benz [VA]
2003 Dodge Sprinter [VA] in Live Free or Die Hard, Movie, 2007
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Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase
Comments about this vehicle
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◊ 2007-07-27 16:45 |
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◊ 2007-07-27 16:59 |
I remember seeing a Sprinter with Mercedes badges on the Cinema Vehicle Services (a Los Angeles picture car company) website and, yep, it's the same one: Link to "www.cinemavehicles.com" |
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◊ 2007-07-27 18:44 |
Make is Dodge at that page...  |
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◊ 2007-07-27 18:56 |
But it has a Mercedes badge. Perhaps someone bought a Mercedes grille and badge and stuck them onto a Dodge Sprinter to make it an 'authentic' Benz. Or perhaps it's registered as a Dodge for legal or insurance reasons. (A Mercedes-Benz Sprinter is a strange foreign beast, not sold on the US market and possibly not street-legal, even though it's the same as a Dodge Sprinter.) -- Last edit: 2007-07-27 18:57:02 |
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◊ 2007-07-27 19:00 |
What about Freightliner Sprinter? |
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◊ 2007-07-27 19:03 |
On the cinemavehicles page it seems to have Freightliner headlights, they aren't exactly in line with the grill. On the movie pictures it has the correct headlights of a Dodge or US-version Mercedes. |
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◊ 2007-07-27 19:13 |
Cinema Vehicles used to have two Mercedes Sprinters in this yellow and white colour scheme. Perhaps one was a genuine Mercedes and the other was a Freightliner given Mercedes badges to serve as a double. -- Last edit: 2007-07-27 19:13:31 |
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◊ 2007-08-11 01:22 |
Apparently one can buy kits to make American Sprinters look like 'real' Mercedes ones. Link to "en.wikipedia.org" |
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◊ 2007-09-08 11:38 |
I think we should call it a Dodge Sprinter; even if they changed the badges to Mercedes it's still a Dodge, isn't it? |
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◊ 2007-11-07 18:46 |
I has to be called Dodge Sprinter if only badges were changed over, changing a grill doesnt make it a new car... |
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◊ 2007-11-09 21:05 |
I don't know why they would make it into a Mercedes though, I mean they're sold as Dodges here, so it would be more authentic if it were a Dodge, especially since it was a government truck in the movie. -- Last edit: 2007-12-08 00:35:38 |
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◊ 2007-11-09 21:06 |
Why 'rebadged as Mercedes-Benz' in the extra info? |
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◊ 2007-11-09 21:13 |
because it is rebadged as Mercedes so if a person from the outside comes to visit this page will know why it is listed as Dodge eventhough it has a big Mercedes logo on the front |
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◊ 2007-11-09 21:14 |
Presumably so some wise guy doesn't say 'It's not a Dodge, it's a Mercedes!' |
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◊ 2007-11-09 21:17 |
exactly  |
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◊ 2007-11-09 21:22 |
Sorry CCF, I didn't mean to say the same as you: you just beat me to it, and my laptop froze when I tried to edit ...  |
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◊ 2007-11-09 21:25 |
e.g. /vehicle_772-GMC-CCKW-353.html  |
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◊ 2007-11-09 21:32 |
Ah. |
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◊ 2007-11-09 21:32 |
Ah no i didnt say exactly in that way, i mean i agree with you, just that .gif ";)") |
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◊ 2007-11-09 21:35 |
Or this one which is more recent /vehicle_74601-Opel-Omega.html |
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◊ 2008-11-24 02:33 |
THERES A MERCEDES EMBLEM ON THE FRONT!!!!!! |
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◊ 2008-11-24 06:34 |
did you read above it? |
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◊ 2008-11-24 11:30 |
Obviously not. .gif ":)") |
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◊ 2009-08-13 19:37 |
According to Dodge Sprinter sales: All Dodge Sprinters are manufactured in Germany. The passenger models are shipped fully assembled, (in most cases with Mercedes Badges), and sold at Dodge Sprinter dealerships. The Cargo versions are also manufactired in Germany, but completely dissambled, shipped to the US and reassembled at a Chrysler plant (with Dodge badges) so the final point of assembly says US. It looks like Mercedes and Dodge are trying to beat the tariffs and taxes, but make no mistake, you are getting a Mercedes either way. The badge swap kit is around $280. |
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◊ 2009-08-13 22:42 |
So, in other words from Houndrunner it does indicates USA assembled. |
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◊ 2009-09-16 04:10 |
Not all Dodge dealers are allowed to sell these Sprinters. The Dodge dealer I work at is not certified to sell or perform warranty work on these vans. Theoretically the dealership I work at could do non-warranty work on these vans. |
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◊ 2016-04-23 20:35 |
mercedes sold sprinters as well in the usa |
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◊ 2016-04-23 20:36 |
if it were a dodge we would know by now. look at it it has mercedes rims for crying out loud. /res/smileys/no.gif |
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◊ 2016-04-23 20:41 |
The Dodge had those as well: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Dodge-Sprinter.jpg |
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◊ 2016-04-23 21:20 |
In the US, the first generation was only available as a Freightliner or Dodge. The Mercedes version was available in Canada and Mexico. The US didn't get Mercedes-badged Sprinters until the second generation in 2010, after the corporate split with Chrysler. |
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◊ 2016-07-02 20:06 |
actually they did. |
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◊ 2018-01-15 07:53 |
Does this one have the Mercedes appearance package? |
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◊ 2018-01-15 12:05 |
Yes. |
