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• Mercedes will revamp its T2 van early next year with a new interior trim and the 2.9-litre 121hp (90kW) five-cylinder DI engine developed for the Sprinter.
There are no plans to fit the Vito's 96hp (72kW) chargecooled 2.3-litre four-pot IDI to the Sprinter, although operators would welcome an engine option between the naturally aspirated 78hp (58kW) 2.3-litre and the blown 121hp 2.9-litre five-potter.
fl M-B's long-awaited new heavy truck range will not go into series production until October 1996 but early examples will be at the Hanover show next September. Mercedes says the truck will have many changes to improve economy and will I eature braking by wire with discs all round. This indicates that the cab Mercedes T2. will proba
bly have undergone extensive wind tunnel testing during the design stage.
Six and eight-leggers will have to wait up to a year to get the new cab but Mercedes is still on course to renew its entire European CV range within three years. Trim update for