Yahoo Autos Mercedes-Benz Sprinter gets starring role in Ghostbusters film
ECTO-1 looks pretty good for a 1959 Cadillac that has spent decades chasing ghosts, but the members of the Ghostbusters team wanted to add a more modern vehicle to their fleet before embarking on their next adventure. Like the #vanlife crowd and Amazon, they got a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter.
While the Caddy isn't retiring, it will be joined by a purpose-built example of Mercedes-Benz's biggest van in "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire," which is due out on March 22, 2024. At first glance, the Sprinter looks like, well... a Sprinter. Apart from a handful of exterior decals, it looks like the average 2500 model meandering across a big city to deliver parcels. However, it's decked out with world-saving equipment inside.
Called ECTO-Z, the Sprinter is fitted with a pull-out rack that carries equipment such as ghost traps, proton packs used to capture ghosts, and the all-important muon scrubbers. ECTO-1 can haul this hardware as well, but it's a lot less subtle: some of it needs to go on the massive roof rack. Choosing the panel version of the Sprinter with a high roof helps the Ghostbusters team keep a relatively low profile.