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Here is the video from Mercedes Benz about the taxi Actros, supposedly working as a a taxi picking up people from Volvo and MAN dealerships in Germany. It’s difficult to tell whether this is for real or not but the pixelated faces do suggest this is real footage. If it is, then they are being [...]

One of the issues identified in Australia for Mercedes Benz Actros models over the years has been the cab suspension. Driving the enormous MegaSpace cab on some of our ordinary roads could be very uncomfortable. Its sheer top heavy size and soft cab suspension meant the dipping and swaying on rough roads came close to [...]

Here’s a quick look around the all new Actros at some delightful location in Malaga, Southern Spain. This spec looks ideal for the European market but we will have to wait a few years before we see what form this truck will take in Australia. It seems they are calling the engine a 12 litre, [...]

The all-new Actros is out in Europe and we get a chance to see it for the first time. Don’t hold your breath for it here in Australia, it’s going to be quite a while before one arrives here for us to get a closer look at it. Meanwhile, enjoy the fancy camerawork demonstrating the [...]

Images of the new Mercedes Benz cab, to be introduced onto the European market in the next year or so, have been appearing around the world for a couple of years. Now, the new truck’s name has been leaked,the Xaros. Exciting, eh? The new design is needed as the Actros cabin was designed to be [...]

Delegates at the recent Livestock and Bulk Carriers Association conference at the showgrounds at Wagga Wagga NSW were treated to a display and parade of historic trucks involved in rural road transport in the past. The show saw trucks from the twenties through to the seventies, all running well and with many looking good after [...]

Another couple of short videos, here from the Big Lorry Blog in the UK. This time we are on the Mercedes Benz stand looking at their new low profile Actros running as low as you can possibly get without dragging on the ground. This may be possible on some super smooth European highway but wouldn’t [...]

Here are a selection of photos from the first day of the massive IAA Truck Show in Hannover Germany which has started today and goes on for another week in the Northern German city. Click on the image for a slide show or on the link below for the full selection. Congratulations must go to [...]

Thanks to Brian Weatherley of the Big Lorry Blog from the UK for publishing these photos of what may be the new Mercedes Benz cab design. They were caught by a sharp witted traveller on the highway in Karlsruhe in Germany who would have noticed the camouflage instantly.

The recent drive day down at the Anglesea test track with Mercedes Benz trucks showing their mettle out on the road, in the mud, on the skid pan and between the witches hats. Here’s a quick video of some of the activity.