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I woke up bright and early on the second-to-last day of the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Arctic Drive to find that our idling vans were still going strong in the parking lot of the truck stop in Coldfoot. After topping them up with fuel and anti-gel to keep the diesel from freezing …

Up and ready to roll early on Day Two of the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Arctic Drive, I peer out the window into the parking lot to see that blowing snow and morning darkness obscure our fleet of vans as we prepare to depart Fairbanks. Depositing my luggage in the lobby, I …

It's early on a Monday morning and I'm sitting in a conference room at a hotel listening to a PowerPoint presentation on the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van - you know, the German brand's full-size cargo and passenger option that has been plying North American roads for the past several years. Pretty …

What is it like to pilot a $120,000 Mercedes-Benz G-Class sport-utility vehicle across hardcore terrain, down narrow, twisty trails, and up steep, tree-lined inclines? On the one hand, you find yourself cringing with each scrape of a branch against the SUV's immaculate black paint, and the unspecified impacts of rocks …