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Car2Go Mercedes joining Calgary fleet, company confirms

Car2Go has confirmed it is adding 25 Mercedes B-Class vehicles to its existing fleet of 550 Smart cars in Calgary.

Four-door, five-passenger luxury vehicles will augment existing fleet of tiny Smart cars

The B-Class Mercedes will offer Car2Go customers more space and it can be rented at the same cost as it's two-door vehicles, 41 cents per minute. (car2go)

Car2Go has confirmedit is adding five-passenger Mercedes B-Class vehicles to its existing fleet of two-passenger Smart cars in Calgary.

As part of a pilot program,25 of the four-doorvehicles will join the 550 two-door Smart cars already on Calgary streets, according to Jon Wycoco, general manager of Car2go Calgary.

The larger, luxury vehicles will be available for the same price of41 cents per minute as the existing Smart cars for the duration of the pilot project, according to the company.

Similar pilot programs are being launched in Vancouver and Toronto.

Monday's announcement confirms what many customers of the one-way car rental companyhad been anticipating after numerous Car2Go-branded Mercedes vehicles were spotted in Calgary last week.

After launching in July 2012 with just 150 Smart cars, Car2Go has expanded rapidly in Calgary

The company says it now has 84,000 members in the city, making Calgary the second-largest Car2Gomarket in North America behind Vancouver.