Mercedes built the Vaneo's floor as a sandwich structure to give this compact MPV a van-like, raised driving position — which also made it a natural fit for UK Motability and taxi duty.
Lead trim: 1.6 82 (1.6 L petrol I4, 82 PS) · up to 123 hp
Mercedes-Benz VaneoW414 · 2001–2005
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FactMercedes built the Vaneo's floor as a sandwich structure to give this compact MPV a van-like, raised driving position — which also made it a natural fit for UK Motability and taxi duty.
The Mercedes-Benz Vaneo is a five-door, seven-seater compact MPV (M-segment in Europe) produced by Mercedes-Benz from 2001 to 2005 at Ludwigsfelde, Germany, using the automobile platform of the first-generation A-Class (W168): up to seven seats were available, but it was built as an MPV, not a van, its name derived from the German word for MPV-type cars. It was front-wheel-drive only and limited to four-cylinder engines (Euro 3): 1.6 L in two states of tune and 1.9 L petrol engines, and a 1.7 L diesel, with three 5-speed transmissions — a manual, an automated clutch system called ACS and a regular automatic called "TouchShift". The body had two sliding rear doors and a "Sandwich Floor" construction giving a van-like driving position and a higher roof line; five seats were standard with two third-row buckets optional, up to 3,000 litres of cargo space with all rear seats removed, a 120 kg capacity slide-out boot floor was optional, roof rails were standard on Trend and Ambiente models and ISOfix anchorages on all. It was suitable for the UK's Motability scheme for the disabled and for use as a taxicab. Due to quality issues and poor sales the Vaneo was discontinued after a three-year production run and replaced in the same year by the similarly sized B-Class. Wheelbase 2,900 mm (114 in), length 4,192 mm (165 in), width 1,742 mm (69 in), height 1,830 mm (72 in). The TouchShift versions are slower (102 mph in the 1.6 102, 110 mph in the 1.9 125), so the manual/ACS figures are entered.
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Trims & Figures
4 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.6 102 (1.6 L petrol I4, 102 PS) | 2002–2005 | 1.6 L Inline-4 | 101 hp | 111 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.6 82 (1.6 L petrol I4, 82 PS) | 2002–2005 | 1.6 L Inline-4 | 81 hp | 103 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.7 CDI 91 (1.7 L diesel I4, 91 PS) | 2002–2005 | 1.7 L Inline-4 | 90 hp | 133 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.9 125 (1.9 L petrol I4, 125 PS) | 2002–2005 | 1.9 L Inline-4 | 123 hp | 133 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
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