Expert scientists who advise Scottish firefighters at the scenes of major contaminations have a new mobile base, in the shape of a very special Mercedes-Benz truck.
Mercedes-Benz have just released details of the Actros Edition Black Liner and White Liner – the most exclusive and attractive form of star-branded long-distance truck.
Last weekend’s Goodwood Festival of Speed was, once again, a resounding success.
Last weekend’s Goodwood Festival of Speed was, once again, a resounding success. This annual motorsport extravaganza is, for those of you that don’t know ‘the largest motoring garden party in the world – a unique summer weekend that brings together an impossibly heady mix of cars, stars and motor sport ‘royalty’ to create the largest car culture event in the world. Held in the immaculate grounds of Goodwood House, this annual hill-climb event is a true celebration of motor sport and all things automotive’.
High-profile abnormal load specialist Cadzow Heavy Haulage has a new flagship – a mighty Mercedes-Benz Actros Titan which is plated for Special Types operation at 250 tonnes gcw.
There’s not even a three-pointed star on this German Fedral Police truck, but Tachoblog will tell you that it is a Mercedes-Benz Actros, but can you guess what it actually does?
Now Tachoblog must admit that whilst we knew Truckfest was big, we had no idea that it was that big. Anyway, nice shot that it is, what you really want to see is the action from the ground and, thanks to Mercedes-Benz UK, with Tachoblog you can. So here’s a couple of Mercedes trucks – note the chrome ‘wrap’ on the second one.
Readers of the UK’s Truck & Driver magazine have voted and have bestowed upon the latest generation Mercedes-Benz Actros the illustrious title of ‘Truck of the Decade’.
This is, Tachoblog thinks, the kind of test that only Mercedes would try. To see how 50 years of progress has drastically reduced the strain on drivers, Mercedes took a modern Actros semitrailer/tractor combination rated at 440 hp and a 200 hp LP 1620 with trailer on a 542 kilometres run from the main gate of the Daimler assembly plant in Wörth, via Stuttgart and over the Swiss Alps through the San Bernardino pass to the Swiss village of Lostallo.
The omens look good for next year’s Commercial Vehicle Show which takes place at Birmingham’s NEC from 12-14 April 2011, with the news that Tachoblog can (almost) exclusively reveal, that Mercedes-Benz has announced its intent to exhibit at the planned show next year, with all of its divisions represented, ie Mercedes-Benz Vans, Trucks, Approved Used Commercials, Econic, Unimog and Mitsubishi Fuso Canter.
Early this month Mercedes-Benz do Brasil announced an investment to increase its truck and bus production capacity in the São Bernardo do Campo plant to 75,000 units per year by 2012.
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