Mercedes-Benz 508 D UPS Van Spier P80 [T2]

Mercedes-Benz 508 D UPS Van [T2] in The Ghost Writer, Movie, 2010

Class: Cars, Van / MPV — Model origin:

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Author	Message
ingo ◊ 2010-09-06 10:51	UPS-van based on a Mercedes T2-chassis.
Weasel1984 ◊ 2010-09-06 16:06	These are really scary. It should be forbidden. UPS really thinks it is a good "trademark" of their company?!
Animatronixx ◊ 2010-09-06 17:32	It was a great but somewhat expensive trademark. Shame they don't build them any more. German UPS vans on T2 chassis were made by Spier Fahrzeugwerk of Steinheim: http://www.spier.de/
ingo ◊ 2010-09-06 21:39	Weasel1984 wrote These are really scary. It should be forbidden. Why? Because they are too American-style?
Weasel1984 ◊ 2010-09-06 22:24	The US vans of this sort, though are far from being beauty, generally look much better, at least like made from metal. It is not mainly a matter of van conversion, but of this front end.
Sandie ◊ 2010-09-06 22:45	These do intrigue me. You see a few of them going around the City. I find the older special vans much more interesting than the new Vario ones they have started to use. You still see 15 year old ones in service.
AnimatronixX ◊ 2020-11-11 22:40	German UPS vans of this shape were Mercedes-Benz 508 D [T2], bodied by either Spier GmbH & Co. Fahrzeugwerk KG of Steinheim (by default on IMCDb) or FFG Flensburger Fahrzeugbau Gesellschaft mbH of Flensburg.