Mercedes-Benz

  • Review
    Commercial Vehicle Driver MagazineJune 2019 Cam in the mirror Mercades Benz Actros Review Main Image
    Published June 2019

    CAM IN THE MIRROR

    The all-singing, all-dancing, tech-laden Mercedes-Benz Actros has arrived! The question is now whether or not it’ll live up to the hype. Mercedes-Benz took the wraps off its mirrorless,…

  • Review
    Trails over Tarmac
    Published April 2019

    Trails over Tarmac

    They may not be a common sight on many operator fleets, but the Mercedes-Benz Unimog and Zetros models play an important role. Pip Dunn finds out just how capable they really are Unimogs …

  • News
    Waste-a-Way
    Published January 2019

    Waste-A-Way boosts fleet with 14 new Arocs

    Basildon-based operator Waste-A-Way, which runs a haulage fleet of 38 tractor units, has added 14 double-drive Arocs 2648 models, delivered by Sparshatts Truck & Van. Each of the mode…

  • News
    Dash to the future
    Published January 2019

    Dash to the Future

    Mercedes-Benz has designs on tomorrow’s truck dashboards. Brian Weatherley has been to Germany to learn that it’s all about the ‘User Interface’ – and delivering v…

  • Review
    Mercedes-Benz Actros1
    Published March 2018

    Mercedes-Benz Actros1 – You’re the ‘1’ that I want

    In an exclusive first drive of the special edition Mercedes-Benz Actros1, Matthew Eisennegger finds out what drivers can expect. With just 100 Actros1 units being produced by Mercedes-Ben…

  • Review
    Mercedes-Benz Arocs - Tough as Nails - there are 14 different cabs
    Published January 2018

    Mercedes-Benz Arocs – Tough as Nails

    Mercedes-Benz Arocs Mercedes has been in the tipper truck business since 1897 when it turned out its first five-tonner. Tucked away in a museum now, that horse-drawn cart with a re…

  • News
    Farrellys Mercede-Benz
    Published December 2016

    Farrellys shines with new Mercedes-Benz Antos

    So taken was Steve Finnegan Jnr with the appearance of the Mercedes-Benz Antos demonstrator he was shown by Dealer Midlands Truck & Van that he replicated it when ordering his company’…

  • News
    Mercedes-Benz Arocs
    Published November 2016

    Mercedes-Benz Arocs gritters are ready for winter’s worst in the Lincolnshire Wolds

    Lincolnshire is renowned for being one of the flattest counties in Britain, yet its new Mercedes-Benz gritters will be ensuring the roads remain open this winter in an area of hills and stee…

  • News
    Eurovia
    Published October 2016

    Eurovia puts safety first with Actros and King low-loader

    Infrastructure services leader Eurovia has marked its 40th anniversary by commissioning a new Mercedes-Benz Actros tractor unit and King low-loader semi-trailer combination that sets new sta…