Mercedes-Benz sigue apostando por el segmento de las furgonetas peque\u00f1as y por ello ha decidido que el sucesor de la furgoneta de reparto urbano Citan incluya esta vez una versi\u00f3n totalmente el\u00e9ctrica. El veh\u00edculo se fabricar\u00e1 de nuevo en colaboraci\u00f3n con Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi.<\/p>\n
En un breve anuncio, el grupo confirm\u00f3 que la furgoneta Citan, considerada controvertida por sus bajas cifras de ventas, tendr\u00e1 un sucesor como veh\u00edculo el\u00e9ctrico y esta vez podr\u00eda tener m\u00e1s de Mercedes y menos de Renault.<\/p>\n
\"La nueva Citan experimentar\u00e1 un nuevo desarrollo integral y ser\u00e1 claramente reconocible como Mercedes-Benz a primera vista\", afirma Marcus Breitschwerdt, responsable de Mercedes-Benz Furgonetas desde mayo. \"Proporcionaremos una identidad distintiva adecuada a la marca en la sucesora de nuestra furgoneta peque\u00f1a\".<\/p>\n
La primera generaci\u00f3n de la Citan est\u00e1 a la venta desde 2012 y se basa principalmente en la Renault Kangoo. Sin embargo, la furgoneta de Mercedes nunca adopt\u00f3 la tracci\u00f3n Z.E., aunque se fabrica junto con la Kangoo en Mauberge, Francia. Dentro de Mercedes, la peque\u00f1a furgoneta no s\u00f3lo era controvertida por su forma, sino que tambi\u00e9n hubo que invertir mucho dinero en elevar la Citan a un nivel aceptable para Mercedes en muchos aspectos. Se dice que los ingenieros de Renault se han asombrado de lo que es posible con su Kangoo. S\u00f3lo el argumento comercial en el segmento de las furgonetas peque\u00f1as, tan sensible a los precios, se resinti\u00f3 probablemente de tal \"mercedeficaci\u00f3n\".<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Mercedes-Benz sigue apostando por el segmento de las furgonetas peque\u00f1as y, por ello, se ha decidido por el sucesor de la furgoneta de reparto urbano Citan, que esta vez incluye un<\/p>","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":117691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13094],"tags":[3701,18386,114,16473,362,370,383,437,9712],"class_list":["post-117695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-utility-vehicles","tag-bev","tag-citan","tag-daimler","tag-electric-transporters","tag-mercedes-benz","tag-mitsubishi","tag-nissan","tag-renault","tag-renault-nissan-mitsubishi"],"acf":{"inhalt_teil2":"
This is expected to change with the second generation. Breitschwerdt intends to develop the small panel van itself in the future. However, the announcement states that the vehicle will “be developed in cooperation with Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi again”. It is therefore unclear whether Mercedes will develop a platform itself and make it available to the alliance partners or intervene in a joint development process earlier – instead of converting a quasi-finished Renault model. In addition to the Kangoo Z.E., the alliance already has an electric delivery van in the form of the Nissan e-NV200<\/a>.<\/p>\n It is also clear that the new Citan will keep Daimler’s alliance with Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alive. With the Smart, for example, Daimler has turned its back on Renault and will cooperate with Geely in the future. Another joint project, the Mercedes X-Class pickup (based on the Nissan Navara), is likely to be out of business due to poor sales figures. But that was also written about the Citan, and now there is still a new edition.<\/p>\n In addition to the technical data of the electric vehicle variant, it is still unclear how Breitschwerdt intends to make a quasi in-house development profitable. Although the segment of small vans is growing in Europe, this is mainly due to delivery and logistics services. The future must show whether these companies will spend more money on a Mercedes in their fierce price competition.<\/p>\n