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MERCEDES-BENZ X-Class

BACK AROUND 2012, when the Mercedes-Benz product-planning gurus were brain-storming in Stuttgart, the notion of a dual-cab 4x4 ute must have seemed like a punt that could not fail to pay off.

The segment was simmering and getting hotter, while M-B’s tech tie-up with Renault-Nissan meant the company could develop

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