Hoboken, New Jersey — The Mercedes-Benz R-Class is another vehicle aimed at those who need the room of a minivan, but wouldn’t be caught dead in one.
Predictably, the automaker doesn’t call it a minivan, but an SUV. Mercedes also notes that the R Class profile is “coupe-like”.
Whatever it is called, and whatever has influenced styling, when this seven-seater first debuted in 2006, it seemed radical.
Four years later it looks less so, as more and more daring “anti-SUV” styling treatments are rendered on crossovers and other people movers.
