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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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

GeoTagged, [S37.85761, W144.71345] On the south coast of Victoria lies the sleepy town of Angelsey, just inland, up in the wild and windy woods is the test track owned by trucking tycoon Lindsey Fox. Today, etruck has been trying out the best of the Mercedes Benz truck range there. The track has a number of [...]

I have spent the last day and a half testing the new-look Actros. The 2660 has used its 600 hp hauling a B-double set at just under 60 tonnes on some great driving roads. After leaving Newcastle and heading through the traffic nightmare that is known as Sydney, The good fun started after turning off [...]

At this year’s IAA Truck Show in Hannover Germany the new Mercedes-Benz Actross has carried off the International Truck of the Year 2009 trophy. The truck was awarded the accolade as anew model introduced in 2008 which was judged by European truck journalists to have made the greatest contribution to road transport efficiency.