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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

As the Australian economy starts to pick up, businesses here have come through the global financial crisis relatively unscathed, when compared to those in other parts of the world, especially in the US and Europe. From the transport industry’s point of view some of the problems created by the crisis in the truck industry may [...]

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.

Mercedes-Benz have issued a recall of Sprinter 906 van models due to an incorrect fitting on the rear axle.