A nice video made in cooperation with Jung von Matt, the leading ad agency of Daimler, shows the Actros as a taxi to show its harshest critics what are its benefits. It passed by Volvo and MAN and picked up passengers from their offices. The result was impressive, not surprisingly, because the “employees” of the competitors seem to like what they saw inside the Mercedes truck.
People at the Munich airport were also fascinated by the “taxi truck”, who wouldn’t be?
Readers of the automobile magazine “Auto Motor und Sport” once again, hailed Mercedes-Benz cars as the best cars in their categories.
The Mercedes M-Class is the best car in the SUV category while the SLS AMG is the best convertible car. The SLS also got the “Best Car of the Year” for the third year.
According to the magazine, the M-Class was honored for its striking design and high-quality interior, as well as energy efficiency and for being environment friendly. Meanwhile, the SLS AMG was hailed due to its intelligent construction and other safety factors.
Fleet management just became handier, literally, with Daimler’s release of the FleetBoard telematics system. With such a system, operators can monitor how their vehicles are being used, how many hours the drivers have been at the wheel, their buses’ fuel consumption and the drivers’ driving habits, which affect fuel consumption. It’s even possible to show the status of doors and loading ramps. This app, currently available for free, has been written for use with the iPhone or iPad devices.
Needless to say, the operator must have the FleetBoard system installed on their buses, with an active service contract in place. The FleetBoard system can be fitted to any Daimler bus or coach, or even onto a bus from a different manufacturer. Commented Markus Lipinsky, Managing Director of Daimler FleetBoard GmbH, ”We have more than ten years’ experience of working with commercial vehicle fleets. Especially when diesel fuel prices are high, our customers appreciate the way in which FleetBoard can help make significant reductions in fuel consumption.”
Business and municipal operators keep on finding new uses for Mercedes’s evergreen Unimog, and this time it’s for use as an all-year round snowplow and emergency operations vehicle. This particular Unimog was ordered by Felsenau authorities with the optional 4-wheel steering system. With 4?wheel steering, the Unimog becomes considerably more manoeuvrable with its turning circle reduced by 30 percent. This capability became particularly useful when a recent snowstorm laid on 10 meters of snow on the mountain roads of Vorarlberg in Austria.
Before the availability of 4-wheel steering, there was a need to to clear extra bays into a bend in order to achieve the necessary turning radius. Needless to say, the process wasted valuable time and necessitated complex manoeuvres. Seeing the need for this special capability, Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks developed and now offers this technology for all Unimog, Econic and similar Mercedes vehicles.
Grime-laden and ghetto-looking with its duct-taped bumper, this prototype G-Class was caught on candid camera in a recent test session. But this isn’t just any old G-Class you’re looking at, because it’s a test mule for the upcoming G65 AMG that’s being shown at the Geneva Motor Show in March.
For now, the only noticeable aesthetic changes are the bumper openings, which will have intakes for two additional heat exchangers. They will definitely be needed because under the hood will be Mercedes’ 6-liter V12, which will be producing 612 horsepower after a massage by AMG. If the G65 follows some of the cues of the G55, also expect side exit exhausts to sound off that V12 engine’s bark. If you need to ask, this top-of-the-line G-Class is expected to sell for a quarter million Euros.
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