Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Van · Sprinter
W901
First-generation Sprinter — the van that changed everything.
- Production
- 1995–1997
- Body
- Van / commercial
- Chassis
- W901
The W901 was the founding Baureihe of the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter — the lightest weight-class variant of the first-generation T1N van that replaced the TN transporter in 1995 and established the Sprinter name.
Covering 208 D, 212 D, and 214 model designations, the W901 brought OM601 and OM602 diesel units and M111 petrol fours to the lightest commercial payload class. Panel van, crew bus, and chassis-cab configurations shared the same forward-control architecture.
The W901 served from 1995 to 1997 before the range was updated across the T1N family. It was the entry point to a van program that would become one of Mercedes-Benz's most commercially important products worldwide.
Every model.
3 model designations across 1995–1997 — engines, chassis codes and production figures for the W901.
| Model | Lata modelowe | Zbudowano | Podwozie | Silnik | Skrzynia biegów | Razem |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 208 D | 1995–1997 | 1995–1997 | 901 | 601.943 | — | |
| 212 D | 1995–1997 | 1995–1997 | 901 | 602.980 | — | |
| 214 | 1995–1997 | 1995–1997 | 901 | 111.979 | — |
Year by year.
The launch specification of the lightest first-generation Sprinter chassis.
- 1995
- The Sprinter replaced the T1/TN as Mercedes-Benz’s large van range.
- Sprinter became the first Mercedes-Benz commercial-vehicle model name to replace a purely numeric designation.
- The W901 used a unitary body.
- The W901 retained rear-wheel drive.
- The W901 introduced independent front suspension.
- Four-wheel disc brakes with ABS formed part of the launch safety specification.
- The W901 range offered naturally aspirated OM601 diesels, turbocharged OM602 diesels and M111 petrol engines.
