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The ongoing Mercedes-Benz Sprinter “Arctic Drive” (set to wrap up tomorrow) is demonstrating hands-on the prowess of a fleet of nine diesel-powered cargo and passenger vans in the harsh face of incredibly adverse winter-driving conditions. The van convoy is averaging 350 miles a day over snow-packed and ice-topped roads and through deep subzero temperatures— including nearly the entire length of the fabled Alaska Highway-- travelling its route from Edmonton, Alberta through British Columbia and the Yukon Territory to beyond the Arctic Circle in Alaska.
Mounted jointly by Mercedes-Benz Canada and Mercedes-Benz USA, the invitation-only event for Canadian and American journalists is enabling them to experience by eyes, hands and right foot the various safety and performance features that Mercedes-Benz claims make every Sprinter cargo and passenger van variant suitable for four-season commercial operation anywhere in the U.S. and Canada.
The ongoing Mercedes-Benz Sprinter “Arctic Drive” (set to wrap up tomorrow) is demonstrating hands-on the prowess of a fleet of nine diesel-powered cargo and passenger vans in the harsh face of incredibly adverse winter-driving conditions. The van convoy is averaging 350 miles a day over snow-packed and ice-topped roads and through deep subzero temperatures— including nearly the entire length of the fabled Alaska Highway-- travelling its route from Edmonton, Alberta through British Columbia and the Yukon Territory to beyond the Arctic Circle in Alaska.
Mounted jointly by Mercedes-Benz Canada and Mercedes-Benz USA, the invitation-only event for Canadian and American journalists is enabling them to experience by eyes, hands and right foot the various safety and performance features that Mercedes-Benz claims make every Sprinter cargo and passenger van variant suitable for four-season commercial operation anywhere in the U.S. and Canada.