Mercedes-Benz X-Class pricing leaked

Your new ute, with a three-pointed star on the grille, will cost you a minimum of $48,000. That, in broad terms, is where pricing for the base model X-Class cab chassis starts, according to a reader who was provided the pricing information ahead of its official release.

In a comment posted yesterday in response to Bruce Newton's news story concerning the order bank for the new Mercedes X-Class, the reader revealed that the pricing information has been with Benz dealers "for a few weeks now".

After leaving a deposit for an X 350d five months ago, the prospective buyer received a courtesy call from his dealer, advising the pricing details. The X 350d Power will cost $78,990 before options and on-road costs, the salesperson revealed. For the X 250d Power the price is $68,990, also before the on-roads and options.

While fitted as standard with plenty of nice kit, the X-Class in the Power grade can still be ordered with a plethora of options, including a 19-inch alloy wheel pack for $2000 (in lieu of the standard 18-inch alloys), a leather trim pack for $2000, a hard tonneau for $3000 and metallic paint for $990. It didn't take too many options, according to the reader, before the price of his X 350d was up around $95,000 or higher.

Mercedes-Benz was approached for a response, but hadn't replied in time for publication.