A pickup truck is the last thing you'd think of when you think of Mercedes-Benz, but the X-class was sold for three years -- almost everywhere but the U.S.

The mad professors at AMG weren't allowed to give it a V8 either. On the other hand, Mercedes was right to nip the X-Class in the bud. Reliability issues are one thing.

I hope Mercedes in Tuscaloosa (Alabama) was paying attention to what we're doing," said Corey Hill, president of UAW Local 3520, which represents Daimler Truck workers in Cleveland, North Carolina.

Daimler MBG2.61%increase; green up pointing triangle Truck said it aims to cut costs at its Mercedes-Benz Trucks unit in Europe by more than a billion euros ($1.09 billion) after posting a decline ...