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Article: MERCEDES-BENZ M-CLASS DESIGN CONCEPT MAKES FIRST NEW YORK SHOWING; NEW V8-POWERED E420 SEDAN, SPORT PACKAGE CARS ALSO HIGHLIGHTED
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- April 4, 1996
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NEW YORK, April 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Center stage at the Mercedes-Benz New York International Auto Show exhibit is the design concept for the M-Class, the All-Activity Vehicle from Mercedes. The M-Class design concept shows the direction in which the sport-utility market segment is heading. The "M-Class" name itself does not have a meaning; it simply brings the All-Activity Vehicle in line with current Mercedes-Benz nomenclature. As on the rest of the Mercedes line, the alphanumeric badge will include an engine descriptor (e.g. E420 is an E-Class sedan with a 4.2-liter engine).
Scheduled to go on sale in the fall of 1997, the production M-Class will combine true ...