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Originally Posted by Teeitup26
....cut.... I was looking at Class Bs last week in Grand Junction and all the Navions and such were $135,000 new and the Ford Chassis Class C's were $40,000 less. It's the diesel and the tranny to handle that torgue. Tons of money.
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No doubt M-B Sprinter-based motorhomes are more expensive than similar Ford-based V10 Class Cs, but it's not due to all that diesel torque. The Sprinter's 3.0L V6 is rated significantly lower in maximum torque than the Ford V10. I think it's around 325 lb-ft whereas the V10 is north of 400.
Anything Mercedes will likely cost more. And in fairness, most compact motorhomes built on Sprinter chassis seem to be built a little more upscale.