Dodge and Freightliner Sprinters for North America were reassembled from kits shipped to Ladson, South Carolina.
Lead trim: 216 / 316 petrol (M 271 E 18 ML, 156 PS) · up to 254 hp
Mercedes-Benz SprinterW906 · 2006–2018
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FactDodge and Freightliner Sprinters for North America were reassembled from kits shipped to Ladson, South Carolina.
The second-generation Sprinter, known as the NCV3 (New Concept Van 3), introduced in Europe in 2006 and voted Van of the Year for 2007 and again in 2008 by Professional Van and Light Truck Magazine. North America received its own NCV3 for the 2007 model year as the Dodge and Freightliner Sprinter, with the cargo version reassembled from kits at Ladson, South Carolina, and Volkswagen sold it as the Crafter until 2017. By 2010 a BlueTEC version of the OM642 V6 diesel gave 188 horsepower against 154 for the non-BlueTEC engine. From 2014 the range used the 2.1-litre OM651 two-stage turbo diesel, a supercharged 1.8-litre petrol four and a 316 NGT natural-gas model. It was built in Düsseldorf and Ludwigsfelde, and the second generation was also produced in Argentina, at first only for export and, from 2012, for Mercosur and about 40 other countries.
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Trims & Figures
12 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 209 CDI / 309 CDI / 509 CDI (OM 646, 88 PS) | 2006–2018 | 2.1 L Inline-4 | 87 hp | 162 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 210 / 310 / 510 BlueTEC (OM 651, 95 PS) | 2014–2018 | 2.1 L Inline-4 | 94 hp | 184 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 211 CDI / 311 CDI / 411 CDI / 511 CDI (OM 646, 109 PS) | 2006–2018 | 2.1 L Inline-4 | 108 hp | 207 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 213 / 313 / 413 / 513 BlueTEC (OM 651, 129 PS) | 2014–2018 | 2.1 L Inline-4 | 127 hp | 225 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 213 CDI / 313 CDI (OM 646, 129 PS) | 2006–2018 | 2.1 L Inline-4 | 127 hp | 225 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 215 CDI / 315 CDI / 415 CDI / 515 CDI / 216 CDI / 316 CDI / 516 CDI (OM 646, 150 PS) | 2006–2018 | 2.1 L Inline-4 | 148 hp | 243 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 216 / 316 / 416 / 516 BlueTEC (OM 651, 163 PS) | 2014–2018 | 2.1 L Inline-4 | 161 hp | 266 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 216 / 316 petrol (M 271 E 18 ML, 156 PS) | 2014–2018 | 1.8 L Inline-4 | 154 hp | 177 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 218 CDI / 318 CDI / 418 CDI / 518 CDI / 319 CDI / 519 CDI (OM 642 V6, 184 PS) | 2006–2018 | 3.0 L V6 | 181 hp | 295 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 219 / 319 / 419 / 519 BlueTEC (OM 642 V6, 190 PS) | 2014–2018 | 3.0 L V6 | 187 hp | 325 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 224 / 324 / 424 / 524 (M 272 V6, 258 PS) | 2006–2018 | 3.5 L V6 | 254 hp | 251 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 316 NGT natural gas (M 271 E 18 ML, 156 PS) | 2014–2018 | 1.8 L Inline-4 | 154 hp | 177 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
Owning one
An estimate, for the 209 CDI / 309 CDI / 509 CDI (OM 646, 88 PS) trim: fuel on its EPA figure and a dated national price, upkeep on a per-mile average for the kind of car it is.
Owners’ builds
Nobody has claimed one yet.
Photographs
This Sprinter made history in the lineup: it's the first generation to offer a front-wheel-drive van option, after decades of rear-wheel-drive Sprinters.
Dodge and Freightliner Sprinters for North America were reassembled from kits shipped to Ladson, South Carolina.
The first Sprinter broke Mercedes naming convention entirely, the brand's first product ever sold under a name instead of a code.
Rivals
Same body, same money, other badges — tap any card to flip.
Chevy pitched the Astro as the anti-minivan, telling buyers life was too big for one, while it rode on a rear-wheel-drive truck frame.
The IIHS rated the Astro Poor in a 1996 crash test, yet 2001–2004 Astros later had the lowest driver death rate of any US passenger vehicle.
The boxy, unglamorous Astro quietly posted one of the best real-world safety records in America: IIHS found 2001-2004 models had the fewest driver deaths per million vehicles of any passenger vehicle on US roads.
The third-generation Tourneo Connect, released in Europe in October 2021, is a rebadged fourth-generation Volkswagen Caddy, assembled by Volkswagen in Poland.
Ford beat the 25% "chicken tax" by importing the Transit Connect as a passenger van — rear windows and seats included, then stripped out and recycled once it landed in the US.
Ford spent years in federal court over the second-gen Transit Connect: in June 2019 the US won its appeal, and judges ruled the van was cargo-only — ending Ford's workaround for the 'chicken tax.'
GM sold a rebadged Nissan NV200 as the Chevy City Express for four years, then killed it in 2018, citing weak sales and the fact that its parts weren't even compatible with GM's own parts catalog.
Its name is a pun: "S-Cargo" means "Small Cargo" but sounds just like escargot — French for snail, the shape the whole van was built to resemble.