{"id":282115,"date":"2018-11-06T09:47:09","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T07:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=282115"},"modified":"2018-11-06T09:48:35","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T07:48:35","slug":"mercedes-shows-off-new-x%c2%b2-bakkie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/282115\/mercedes-shows-off-new-x%c2%b2-bakkie\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes shows off new X\u00b2 bakkie"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mercedes-Benz has announced\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>a new special edition version of its X-Class bakkie – the X\u00b2.<\/p>\n

The vehicle –\u00a0which is currently only available to purchase in Germany – features a raised suspension kit increasing the ground clearance of the bakkie to 30 centimetres (compared to the 20.2\u00a0centimeters offered on the standard X-Class).<\/p>\n

Mercedes said that this extra clearance will allow drivers to tackle inclines of up to 49.8\u00b0.<\/p>\n

Assisting this off-road capability are\u00a0Baja STZ 265\/60 R18 rubber tyres from Mickey Thompson which will come standard on all variants of the X\u00b2.<\/p>\n

Mercedes is also offering a ‘car wrap’ option on all\u00a0X\u00b2 models, with more than 100 colours available.<\/p>\n

This includes everything from\u00a0shiny, matte, metallic and carbon designs – with a number of eye-catching colours such as pink and purple.<\/p>\n

A number of additional accessories including styling bars and hardcovers are also available, Mercedes said.<\/p>\n

The X\u00b2 will only be purchasable as a\u00a0four-door\u00a0double cab, and is available\u00a0in either a four-cylinder X250d or a six-cylinder X350d variant.<\/p>\n

Pricing starts at \u20ac47,190 (R764,168) and \u20ac53,490 (R853,490) respectively.<\/p>\n

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Read:\u00a0The 10 best-selling cars and bakkies in South Africa right now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mercedes-Benz has teased its new special edition X\u00b2 bakkie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":282141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11119],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-282115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motoring","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282115"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282183,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282115\/revisions\/282183"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}