If it's a Detroit Diesel design, then in a sense, it is a Mercedes—Daimler AG owns DD. ^_^

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RIP:
2011 E350 BlueTEC, Schwartz 81k (totaled by uninsured drunk driver)
1964 Unimog 404.1 (wrongfully towed by the city)
1994 E320, Brilliantsilber 208k (transmission shuffled off after sudden catastrophic fluid loss)
1982 300D, Silberblau under a blue repaint 256k (sold for parts)
1995 E320 Polarweiss, 131k (sold for parts)
1995 E300D Polarweiss, 287k (totaled by drunk driver)

I'm surprised at that...

Here in the UK the MB Sprinter doesn't have all that good a name, my last place used to run them and they were always breaking down, rubbish like monkey metal serp idler rockers fracturing, sliding door mechanisms falling apart... sure, they were fast for a panel van, but nothing much else...

We had two in light accidents (15 mph) and they basically fell apart.

Contrast that with the Ford Transit


which is the most popular panel van here, built a lot tougher and basically 35/40 years of pedigree behind it.

YMMV