A highly interesting vehicle.
It is one of the few vehicles sold in the U.S. that uses the highly efficient Mercedes "Common Rail" injection system for its diesel engine. FedEx uses them for delivery and there are van conversion companies that are setting them up for Class B style motorhomes and campers.
Sprinter conversion to StarRunner by Sportsmobile Texas
It is rated at 22 mpg and they cite one owner who also pulls a 3,000 pound utility trailer while getting 20 mpg.
I saw one post were a guy uses a Sprinter to haul cargo. He got 22 mpg hauling 4500 pounds of cargo through the mountains of Pennsylvania.
And...of course, being a diesel, it can use American grown and produced biodiesel. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
BTW...I calculated recently that even though I have to blend my biodiesel with regular diesel fuel in the winter to keep the fuel flowing, I've still cut my annual consumption of petroleum by 75%...along with the production of CO2 (by 75%).