Mercedes Sprinter/tensa

The four-cylinder diesel engine with 2,143 cm³ displacement reaches a top speed of 160 km/h. With a 2,852 kg kerb weight against a 3,500 kg gross vehicle weight, only 648 kg of payload remains, considerably less than with a plain box body on the same base. At 6,900 mm long, 2,240 mm wide and with a 4,330 mm wheelbase, the vehicle is not unusually large; the high kerb weight must therefore come from interior fittings or additional fixed body components.

At a gross vehicle weight of 3,500 kg, the vehicle remains in EU category N1 and can be driven on a category B licence, though with noticeably less payload reserve than lighter bodies on the same chassis. Anyone operating such a vehicle has to watch actual load particularly closely, since the gross weight limit is reached sooner.

When buying a used heavy special body on a Sprinter base, it is worth weighing the actual kerb weight, since retrofitted equipment may have raised the vehicle weight further above the factory figure. Just as important is a look at the suspension and brakes, which see heavier use under a permanently low payload reserve than in an empty box van.