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Perhaps its ambiguous nature would make sense after a couple of 60-hour weeks behind the wheel.

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This could be a nod to professional drivers, who value consistency and ease of operation over clinical accuracy. Short in travel, modulation is all but impossible due to an abundance of assistance hit it hard and the effect is about the same as holding it steady about 40 percent depressed. While the Metris managed to haul its 4820 pounds of mass to a stop from 70 mph in just 189 feet (the much smaller, 3982-pound, front-wheel-drive 2014 Ford Transit Connect did it in 178 feet), the brake pedal remains an enigma. LOWS: Institutional-grade seating hard on pampered American buttocks, infotainment system that time forgot. (The Active Safety bundle also includes active parking assist, a leather-wrapped steering wheel with chrome accents and controls, electrically adjustable mirrors, collision prevention, blind-spot monitoring, rain-sensing wipers, a 4.2-inch instrument-panel display, illuminated front exits, and a first-aid kit.)

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Our van had standard Crosswind Assist and lane-keeping assist, the latter part of the $2270 Active Safety Plus package, but the steering is so directionally steadfast at highway speeds that the lane-keeping assist is almost superfluous. Of particular note is the deep center valley in the steering, which keeps the Metris locked straight ahead as if it were laser-guided. The cruise control expertly holds a steady 80 mph at 2550 rpm, easily putting time and space between you and the last stop. Nimble in the city, the Metris is also a natural on the highway.

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Impacts are well isolated and the cabin rattle-free, but weвЂ™ll need to sample one with a max payload to get the full picture before issuing a final verdict on ride quality. We also tried out the Parktronic automatic parking assist, which repeatedly wedged the Metris into spaces tight enough to put off all but the most confident parallel parkers. While grip is unspectacular at 0.72 g, as measured on our 300-foot-diameter skidpad, itвЂ™s more than ample for the kinds of activities appropriate for a van. As tractable as front-wheel-drive vans have become, there is a certain appeal to the MetrisвЂ™s rear-drive layout, lending it an air of ruggedness, real or not, that escapes the current Ram ProMaster lineup. The steering effort is light enough to spin the wheel with a single finger at rest but firms up proportionally with vehicle velocity. The Metris is bigger than a Ford Transit Connect but smaller than a Mercedes Sprinter, its 202.4-inch length permitting slippery maneuvers that would be impossible in a full-size rig in clogged, downtown Ann Arbor. While hardly a record run, thereвЂ™s rarely a time that the 2.0-liter and seven-speed automatic arenвЂ™t in the right place at the right time for any given driving situation. On premium fuel, our Metris passenger van managed a 16.5-second quarter-mile and topped out at a governor-limited 101 mph. Mercedes recommends 91 octane fuel for best performance, but 87 is acceptable if you donвЂ™t mind a slight drop in performance and efficiency. Although all 208 horsepower donвЂ™t clock in until 5500 rpm, the full brunt of its 258 lb-ft of torque are available at a low 1250 rpm, ideal for putting payloads in motion (1874 pounds in passenger vans, 2502 pounds in the cargo version) spec the $355 trailer hitch and you can tow up to 4960 pounds. The 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine settles into a barely audible, refined idle that almost seems out of place when heard from the strictly business interior.

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The steering wheel appears to have been plucked for duty directly from the current C-class, and while it is adjustable for rake, telescoping action is not available, which seems a bit odd for a vehicle aimed at fleet buyers who might assign multiple drivers to a single vehicle. The audio system, however, was particularly well tuned for a soundstage that essentially amounts to a steel box with some fabric, foam, and vinyl bits strewn about. We assume hard-core delivery and passenger-transportation companies will equip their vehicles, or their drivers, with their own navigation hardware. Combined with the dated appearance of its associated controls and keypad, the entire infotainment interface looks to be waiting for a Roger MooreвЂ“era James Bond to come along and disarm it.

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Sitting in the center of the dash is a Becker Map Pilot navigation system with a 5.8-inch screen as part of the $1540 Driver Efficiency package (which also includes cruise control, a rearview camera, fog lamps, and lower-console storage).