first-ever Mercedes T-Class REVEAL - Kangoo brother or VW Caddy destroyer?

[@autogefuehl]

►Follow us on Instagram @autogefuehl and @thomas.letsgo ►Subscribe here: kzbin.info ►Compare the VW Caddy: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5jCZmCIZZmGm6M ►Compare the electric T-Class EQT concept: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bavdonyDjbyffpI ►Compare the Mercedes V-Class: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2jEdax7bKqLjMU 00:00 Mercedes T-Class the new small premium van? 00:33 Passenger car design in limonite color 00:53 Length SWB 5-seater and LWB 7-seater 01:45 Two sliding doors as standard 02:15 Rear design with hatch choices in style trim 03:04 Progressive trim level in red 04:11 Price and doors 05:00 Optional color inserts and Neotex material 05:34 Steering wheel and dashboard 06:14 Seats in style trim Microcut/Artico 07:38 Child seat in the front 08:08 Rear bench with more Isofix 09:21 Price-performance ratio? 10:09 Folding the 2nd row 11:07 Automatic passenger airbag deactivation 11:24 Trunk / boot 13:00 High Progressive trim with full Artico seats 14:39 Cockpit user interface details 15:20 Standard MBUX infotainment system 16:57 Lower middle console 17:42 More storage space 18:08 Touch pads on steering wheel 18:33 Rear seats in Progressive trim 18:46 Engines 19:37 TETRIS PILLOWS!! 20:01 Soon: All-electric Mercedes EQT #Mercedes #MercedesTClass Transparency note: Autogefühl videos are independent and free from editorial influence on opinion and rating. But since manufacturers enable us to do the reviews in the first place, for legal reasons this video is marked as _advertisement_.

[@albertb.7147]

MERCEDES - BENZ CITAN RENAULT CLASS.

[@sbomorse]

The fact it has fold flat rear seats instead of removable ones is really good, the fact it impacts the driving position is ridiculous! Toyota managed to make fold flat rear seats in the Yaris Verso 20 years ago that didn't impact the driver at all, but 20 years later one of the most premium manufacturers can't!?

[@nikolamladenoff3516]

That's what you get when you use a platform from someone else and try to kit it out yourself to justify the brand and the price. Didn't they learn from their failed pickup truck attempt ? Ugh....

[@bux834]

It's not ridiculous at all if you actually think for a second. As the T-Class also comes as an EV, it needs some space for the battery under the floor. Meaning that it can't lower the rear bench all that much like the Yaris Verso did.

[@nernsteinstien]

If you can’t drive with the seats folded it’s pointless. Same problem on the berlingo and clones. Was quite interested until I saw that. I guess it’ll be a caddy then.

[@MaticTheProto]

@@nikolamladenoff3516 apparently not. The T Class also feels kinda unnecessary in their lineup

[@acde9355]

I don't think this MPV is really more premium than the Volkswagen Caddy.

[@bigprocrastinator]

We need more small city vans in the US. Enough with the SUVs

[@freddiecarr7602]

The nav screen is very responsive and the steering wheel has every control you would want. Nice packaging!

[@thomastcrapper4100]

Optimized would be if they had put an isofix in the middle seat. That would be the safest place in the cabin for sure. Great visibility also to prevent crankiness and motion sickness, and the list goes on.

[@MaticTheProto]

Nah, then you couldn’t put them on the side seats

[@michalklucz6907]

Thank you, but I will wait for EQT, with these changes there is no reason to pay extra for the MB badge. I hope in EQT we will find more space for tall drivers, and they will keep Isofix point in the front seat. It's SUPER useful.

[@hanswurst6742]

a lot of cheap plastic and a nav screen with edges from the early 2000s. Car feels very cheap for a mercedes. If you want to go cheap, why would anyone get this instead of a VW or Renault

[@snellphoshoko792]

They are always cheap

[@stoilstoychev9283]

If only Mercedes knew that this was a Dacia in it's previous life :)

[@lukabosnjak3829]

Why would anyone buy VW? Skoda kodiaq is better for the price...

[@Stepheny15]

But I still love entry level M.Benz , it’s so Q! ❤️special in yellow!

[@RobiSmug]

This car buy mostly current Mercedes clients

[@serious1587]

I gotta say the build quality looks extremely good and I love the color scheme. The Mercedes is pretty good, too.

[@SoerenAU]

LOL = Big Smile !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Snaap525]

so there are a lot of things that are standard and not optional. For example, you get doors on both sides of the car. Bravo, take my money, Mercedes.

[@dim_watson]

I'm waiting to see the T63 AMG

[@unlimited9171]

Lmao

[@Chrisb8s]

The child seat looked like the most premium looking part. The rest does not look like Mercedes’

[@krzysztofcwik5347]

I thought it will look diffrent than Citan... Hope for EQT - long version willl be true to the concept.

[@murrynathan]

This T series seems like Mercedes answer to the Honda Element. We owned an Element and it was the perfect box for getting our stuff and kids around in. Great review as always!

[@nz5503]

Dont compare with 4 seat Honda element

[@gaptaxi]

I have been a Taxi Driver in Germany for 20 years, for 15 years I have only driven Mercedes cars and vans as I am self-employed and the only driver. The biggest mystery of all is why the back passenger seats are so small and the boots so big, this the same as the E-Class and normal S-Class, I drove a Long Version of the S-Class as a Taxi for 8 years, but would never bother with the E-Class as the rear seats are just too small. I am doomed to buy and convert Long Version S-Class vehicles just to get a usable Taxi big enough for 4 Adults and comfortable enough for long journeys? But the the S-Class Boot is not big enough for their wallets, let alone 4 big suitcaes, no chance, so a Viano with seats facing each other it must be?? Mercedes wants the T-Class to be the new Taxi, they are just taking the PISS! Mercedes makes a Long version of the E-Class for Asia, why not in Europe where young children are getting bigger and bigger, nobody needs the huge loading space, we need more room for rear seat passangers, it is not Rocket Science? I now drive a Mercedes Viano as a Taxi, the new vehicles have Renault Engines, I am not prepared to pay so such money for a F******* Renault! As for this T-Class, it is not something I would buy as a Taxi, until maybe I can see a long version with more space for passengers, even the bloody Skoda has more legroom! Mercedes are dumbing down with Renault engines replacing Mercedes. But, I would prefer a used Mercedes to a new anything else, they run forever, whether the new T-Class takes this on, I very much doubt it! Tip, look under a Mercedes and see the solid construction and suspension, look under a VW Caddy and you´ll never trust your family in one, the suspension looks like a child´s Buggy Spings! Come on Mercedes more legroom needed!

[@cristi724]

It's not even the renault engines, it's the same nissan engines they put into Dacia. And on top, they're all incredibly weak for such a big car. You load this thing up with family and luggage, and you'll kill it on a mountain road.

[@jasperli]

Then get a Mercedes E-Class LWB.

[@buzzpedrotti5401]

Seems like a reasonable utility transportation vehicle design. Are the components well made and durable? In the US it's price competition is the RAV4 which is a very strong competitor. The Maverick offers a different kind of utility, but at a much lower price. Ford and Nissan offer tiny passenger van competition, but they are so nondescript that I do not know their names. Not sure a low price MB product fits their marketing plan here. Can't imagine wanting to pay MB dealer prices on maintenance, warranty work and repairs.

[@damilolaakanni]

Ford Transit Connect and Nissan NV200. I don't know if they still exist though.

[@kadirhanatmaca]

These cars need to be durable and well made because these are been using as daily and family car . I have Peugeot partner adventure , its carry capacity around 700 kg , very enough for carrying wood , fertilazer , and goods . Also fuel economy 100km/6.5 lt (36mpg)

[@hirostvjapan]

I was really looking forward to this T-Class and was saying to the dealer in Japan if it comes out I want to be the first one to get it but it just changed my mind. Mercedes should have looked at more JDM minivan and see how Nissan, Toyota and Honda is doing to make that huge sale. I was really surprised to have to open the sliding door by hand? JDM car if you are holding a baby or stuff you can just swipe the door or swipe the under the door by foot then it will open. And from inside also just one button will get the job done. If Mercedes was thinking more of family and kids this automatic slide door is what they need. The navigation screen too small, and the 2nd seat to 1st row is so small. I really wanted it but a little dissapoinment. My brother drives V Class but very big.

[@dorindpana3179]

Good point! i also had huge expectations from the luxury version of the Citan, but as far as i can see, apart from some letherette and stitched foamy material, the interior definitely lacks the wow factor of the Caddy.s. Maybe, and i hope so, Ford will add a Vignale version to the new Tourneo and show MB how it has to be done! From my point of view, the Caddy Alltrack, if absurdely expensive, reamins the premium choice in the segment, with great ergo seats, digi-dashboard, all-wheel drive and so on..

[@Messerschmitt512S]

Funniest intro thomas😂😅 hope Mercedes-Benz add more technologies on his new T class van

[@autogefuehl]

😎👌

[@cawimmer430]

I strangely like it. Practical, decent looks and roomy. My only complaint would be that the analog speedometers look outdated in an age when even base model economy cars have digital interiors and speedometers.

[@MaticTheProto]

Yeah they could have just given it the a class screens and called it a day… or a borderless middle screen

[@ricardogarcia3273]

The Ford Tourneo Connect can remove completly the back seats...

[@dragospahontu]

That moment when you have to explain that your Mercedes-Benz is actually a Renault 😅

[@damilolaakanni]

😁😀😅😂

[@albertb.7147]

MERCEDES - BENZ CITAN RENAULT CLASS.

[@entlim]

10 grand more for what is essentially a Kangoo...standards have crashed

[@stefang1087]

Dacia Jogger is made on exactly the same platform, and from the outside, there are very few differences. So is the difference in price justified? !,3 petrol and 1,5 diesel Probably from Renault?

[@shroomyesc]

It is not, Dacia Jogger is on the Clio/Sandero/Logan platform (CMF-B), this is on the CMF-C/D platform shared with the Mitsubishi Outlander, Kangoo, Megane etc. What you must be thinking of is the old Dacia Dokker which was based on an old version of the Kangoo which doesn't exist anymore.

[@dimaroyal79]

R class was the best family car from Mercedes

[@MaximilianvonPinneberg]

Only because you could take lots of people to work in it. Parents had one when it came out, it was ok, not Mercedes finest.

[@scotthard3798]

Nice salespitch. It‘s a Renault Kangoo not a Mercedes.

[@Sean-sx2td]

Damn u guys are fast! Anyhow after watching the video, looks like MB will have to add some kit if they wanna sell well in certain parts of the world. Where I come from, any form of MPV must have power sliding doors and a power boot or it'll be a guaranteed sales flop especially if its a 3 pointed star vehicle. I send my kid to school in a slightly larger MPV than the T Class and those power sliding doors are a God sent feature for younger kids and my aging parents.

[@autogefuehl]

Thanks Sean!

[@adiguna8360]

This kind of model would be sell in indonesia. But the interior must be full leather from dashboard to seat. The engine similar to smart for4 brabus or smart for2 EQ 66kw. The seat can be 6 passenger captain seat or 2-2-3. With the cost below 30.000euro

[@christiantan5341]

Limonite is very interesting...I don't exactly like it, the car in general also looks vaguely frumpy -- but Merc did quite a good job limiting that; the roof rails definitely break up the roof better...mind you, it would look better in Thomas Blue 😂

[@autogefuehl]

👍😅

[@Stepheny15]

Thanks for your sharing! It’s nice video ❤️👍😉!

[@autogefuehl]

🙏👌

[@volvocars5189]

The EQT sounds more appealing to me at least.

[@pershooo]

Its pretty much a Citan which is pretty much a Kangoo

[@shroomyesc]

The Citan is pretty much an Express Van which is pretty much an old Kangoo and the T-Class is pretty much the new Kangoo. It's confusing but they split the platform off to the cheaper commercial versions and the higher tier ones available as EV

[@alvin5610]

4:28 take that Tata Altroz 😹💫

[@ozzieman55]

That's a decent looking taxi.

[@gaptaxi]

That is what Mercedes thinks as well, just wait until you try try to pack 3 big Bavarians in the back seats, just like the E-Class, not enough legroom! If Mercedes are not carefull Toyota will be taking over their Taxi Business?

[@Jay685]

Is this ever coming to the UK? If so, via the car dealerships or the commercial guys? 😁

[@arnenel8642]

Great review!!

[@autogefuehl]

👍👍

[@ClaireYunFarronXIII]

Thomas, you rode that toy like a pro. 😂👍

[@autogefuehl]

👏👏😁

[@Breyzipp]

You should buy a few dozen of these Tetris pillows and use them in all car reviews! 😂 No seriously, for us viewers it will be so easy to compare trunk spaces 😇😎

[@KENNYFYF]

It would be a very nice car if it was launched in the 20th century

[@PaulTC97]

Dacia with a Mercedes front end... BMW would never do that. Dacias are good cars but Mercedes should not do that, they are destroying their brand reputation.

[@zenyu94]

Mercedes had always made utility vehicles. This is not a first for them

[@ClaireYunFarronXIII]

Oh no. Anyway.

[@sbomorse]

Definitely has strong suggestions of Dacia Jogger from the rear.

[@Carfan678]

@@zenyu94 that’s what I’m saying it’s not like Mercedes’ hasn’t been making commercial/work vehicles for decades, it’s not gonna destroy their rep they’re fine

[@Carfan678]

@Kenneth Andersen u make like they haven’t been making commercial/work vehicles for decades the older sprinter at least the ones sold in the USA are rebadged dodges 😂

[@mercedese3201994]

I want more German lessons if the day from Thomas!

[@autogefuehl]

😎

[@yutakatakahama4893]

To be frank, I’d love to switch my GLB200 for a high-spec T-class if it will be sold in China mainland. Though T-class looks like a commercial van but I like it’s exterior design.

[@VolvoMarkku]

I hope that this will be one of the most common taxi models in Berlin. 🚕

[@KurisuDE]

Badge engineering, still better looking than the new 7 series BMW.

[@damilolaakanni]

Any new car is better looking than the 7 series...except the X7 and M3/M4.

[@Rodrigomau5]

Thomas jokes are the best

[@autogefuehl]

😄👍

[@Mister_H]

Didn’t they do similar with the aptly named Vaneo?

[@sbomorse]

Yep and that crashed and burned (deservedly so - it was crap and who nobody wanted to buy a Mercedes with Van in the name!)

[@christophebrou1178]

Excellent presentation! This is going to be a great airport taxi!

[@autogefuehl]

👌

[@1990Thunderbolt]

Mercedes Benz = Los Angeles Lakers! BMW = Golden State Warriors!

[@halamadridpatriotsnationgo1057]

Mercedes Benz: Real Madrid! BMW: FC Barcelona!

[@Sha-Ayo]

mercedes and BMW = Aston villa

[@savvasad.8449]

Toyota=Milwaukee B

[@MaticT]

Audi = some random college team

[@1990Thunderbolt]

@@MaticT Audi are Houston Rockets lmfao

[@mistery00t29]

I love the idea that you have to move drivers seat every time you fold the back seats down. That's very smart from Mercedes.

[@goredknight3017]

Skoda Yeti or Skoda Roomster or a VW Caddy van.

[@ventouxR]

Caddy Kombi, you can fully remove rear bench, more cargo space and stronger engines. But not cheap.

[@mihairobertduta8970]

I sometimes wonder how they come up with the naming. We have the B-class, small family oriented car, we also had the R-class, more of a big-size family car. I would have expected this to be named the D-class, but at the same time, it's also a bit commercial oriented vehicle, while the rest (A, B, C, E) are for mostly private use - except the taxi's. So yeah, T-class, also T being the letter preceded by the S, but ahead of the V... hmm

[@Sha-Ayo]

theyre just making it up as they go along

[@savvasad.8449]

It is the T-axi class.....

[@martinsvensson6884]

The E-class got the additional letter T back in the day as an estate. For example 230TE or 300TD. Might be from that.

[@MoroccoGamer]

nice video

[@Cloxxki]

Stangely, this car is 25 cm longer than the original Renaul Espace. And still it's short. Especially the cargo area.

[@davidbillberg2203]

Great review, but it reminds me of the B class or Citan.

[@autogefuehl]

Cheers!

[@1980venom]

When Mercedes goes Multipla...

[@seifwaqfi3893]

What is the front or rear drive system?

[@damilolaakanni]

Front wheel drive.

[@martinsvensson6884]

I cant see such cars as family cars. Its a transporter. I've always seen the E-class as a family car. Especially as an estate. If they want to improve on that with more space then make the R-class again. Is this even a Mercedes to begin with or just a rebranded Renault or something? MB has done nothing more than diluting their brand in recent decades. Not going to pay off in the long run.

[@sbomorse]

Getting young kids in and out of an estate is harder than an MPV 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@nikolamladenoff3516]

@@sbomorse My neighbour is doing just fine in his M3 lol

[@martinsvensson6884]

@@sbomorse Yeah... and its harder getting kids in and out of an MPV than a school bus. Then why not buy one of those? I had 0 trouble getting in and out of a normal car when I was a kid. But as I said.. if that somehow is a big problem then get something BETTER. Like an R-class.. Not some postal delivery car.

[@sbomorse]

@@martinsvensson6884 I said young children. Putting kids in and out of car seats is easier in a taller vehicle with bigger doors. The R-Class was objectively a terrible car and a financial disaster for Mercedes.

[@martinsvensson6884]

@@sbomorse That's why you use something like an R-class then if that's too hard. Not some postal car. The R-class is terrible if a taller car with big doors is NOT want you want... So which is it? :)

[@VolvoMarkku]

Altough It’s made in France the T-Class/Citan will not be so popular in France. More than 90% of all cars are going for export I guess.

[@ralph332]

T for Thomas.

[@autogefuehl]

👌🤭

[@FrankBruening]

I had a testride with the big diesel

[@abumc5104]

a car like this with all his features in the famous 'g-class design', and i'd be the first to order it, even there's renault tech in it. in our times, people want design cars, that look gorgeous for a price that's affordable. mercedes benz still don't get it. why should someone buy a mercedes, that's originally a renault ???

[@IvanMaksimov]

MB, 6-seater, please!

[@mehmetgundogdu6277]

Its ground clearance is lower than Caddy. Ground clearance is important for me.

[@OtterlyInsane]

Need a full review of the car at the start.

[@autogefuehl]

We will!

[@ross3377]

It looks like mk1 Zafira from the rear

[@powpow514]

V similiar to Honda Freed Japan famous top sales model costing approx 220k HKD

[@Dani-it5sy]

If you liked the Fiat Multipla then this is just for you 🤣 A 'premium car' is only premium when it has the looks to match. This is bottom range guys.. I wouldn't even want to have it if I got it for free.

[@MrWiklund72]

Mercedes Benz Vaneo; is that forgotten ?? ( Same idea 20 years ago)

[@schunkelperser1794]

The necessity to move the drivers seat to fold down the rear seats, leaving less room in the front while driving, is an unforgivable design and construction error in this car segment. 😫This is where the VW Caddy wins the race.

[@Utvideo91]

Ho capito ...mi prendo il Caddy Fourmotion TDI 122 CV. "2000" non "1500".

[@murrynathan]

I tuned in to watch Thomas review the car he drove up in. Instead he reviewed Mr. T’s Mercedes.

[@autogefuehl]

😂😂

[@jessed0308]

Lol, great intro.

[@autogefuehl]

😁

[@nasirel964]

Mercedes is becoming the new Philips, destroyed their brand which stood once for quality and durability. The batch pasted on the lid is the only item that'll remain premium.

[@niceguy235uk1]

I can bet that the Citan will be leagues ahead of the new Caddy. VW cost cutting has got very obvious and the new Caddy drives like crap. I had loads of early gens but this new one is awful.

[@fenceman53]

It’s that rare species Kangoomerc

[@arjanvandijk101]

Most beautiful car of Mercedes-Benz

[@martinsvensson6884]

Haha :)

[@Symbrio]

Mercedes Vaneo 2.0 - "Ich rolle..."😂😂😂😂😂

[@Zoranurai13]

These types of cars are generally used by elderly or disabled people. Not really families

[@kadirhanatmaca]

on side profile it looks like almost ford tourneo courier

[@savvasad.8449]

T-axi class....😉

[@mightbesherwood1313]

100%. They're trying to get taxis and Ubers, and when it goes electric it'll be a big business in cities with carbon limits.

[@autogefuehl]

😄

[@larshelmin]

18:55 Maybe there will be a T-Rex 🦖 special edition with Barney the dinosaur inspired interior… 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@autogefuehl]

😁

[@cristi724]

So those rear folding seats are a deal breaker if you're taller than 1.6m. What's the point of having a big car if you can't drive it when you load it up. And then the engine options are so lame I can't even understand. Might as well get the Kangoo for 10k less. It's like they're not even trying and then they say "everyone wants an SUV today".

[@DaveTseng]

Well it gonna be a flop just like the X-Class

[@MaximilianvonPinneberg]

It’s probably going to be used as a taxi.

[@darkknightsds]

I want a serious review on the squeaky car at the beginning 😂

[@autogefuehl]

😂👍

[@sbomorse]

Vinyl seats belong in the 70's.

[@murrynathan]

And so do you! 🤪

[@sbomorse]

@@murrynathan so do your "jokes" 😂

[@calin.86]

Of course it's a VW Caddy destroyer, cause it'll be much cheaper right? 🤣🤣

[@chasmantrader]

Lol Thomas

[@thomasphiri2023]

Give me a Caddy any day.

[@flo_fet]

7:03 * 1.88m or 6'2''

[@autogefuehl]

Yes that was recorded earlier 😂

[@MohammadAWaly]

First ever? Wasn’t there already a Mercedes Citan? Basically the same thing

[@shroomyesc]

There's also a new Citan. They've split the platform into a commercial cheap version (Citan) and a consumer version (T-Class). The sibling, the Kangoo also got split into a cheap version (Express) and an ev-available higher tier version (Kangoo)

[@avgperson1512]

It is basically a B-class with van sliding doors 😅

[@qiuchange5980]

The first imagine is VW Caddy swap the brand logo

[@The-Other-Guy]

I would use this car as a taxi if I would work(part-time) for Uber for some extra income.

[@Magnetorheological]

This is probably faster than Hamilton's W13 xD

[@evo5dave]

It looks like a Transit Connect with a three pointed star.

[@kadirhanatmaca]

on the side design it looks like almost ford tourneo courier .

[@Stefane1697]

Mercedes-Benz premium and luxury brand ? Are we still sure about that ? ...

[@normundsprusis4155]

For me it is not meeting expectations of MB.

[@jasonlin2104]

It is obviously not the small v class I was looking for...

[@lesmoor001]

a great car for the nanny/maid

[@HenrikScheel_]

A Mercedes Berlingo. There is a market.

[@robertdevoy3119]

A dressed down car begats a dressed down Thomas.

[@autogefuehl]

haha =)

[@Sha-Ayo]

🤮🤮 design but Thomas 👍

[@autogefuehl]

😁