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Vince
My experience with Nuvinci hasn’t been great.
Aside from hubs failing suddenly (and often inexplicably), I find that the inner cables have a tendency to get jammed in the shifter- then because the shifter is made of plastic one wrong twist can mangle the shifter internals, meaning the whole thing has to be replaced.
I find the whole cable changing procedure quite unpleasant. the gear range is somewhat narrow. The pawls in the freehub fail. There’s no system to drain and change the hub oil.
I haven’t tried the new cargo specific range of Nuvinci hubs- maybe they’ve sorted them out a bit?
I’m not familiar with those two models of Mercedes, so your analogy is a bit lost on me :). I’m comparing rohloff and Nuvinci (which are the only two I’ve tried) and from that would say the rohloff is worth the extra expense if it can be spared.