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Welcome to the Mercedes-Benz news pages at Truckpages. Keep up to date with the new Mercedes truck launches, dealer news and coverage of UK truck operator Mercedes truck and van purchases. These pages are important as Mercedes’ parent company, Daimler Trucks, is the largest truck manufacturer in the world. Here you can find highly detailed pages of Mercedes truck launches over the years which represent an archive of important information that is hard to source elsewhere. If you are looking for a ten year old truck, the information published at time of launch is extremely useful.

If you are looking to buy a Mercedes truck, you can read the model reviews on the relevant model ages to be found on the main Mercedes Trucks for Sale pages.

If you want to show off your product that covers over the worst terrain, you’ll need a truck that won’t get stuck on its way to the demonstration. That’s why UK-based manufacturer of ground stabilisation solutions, FAUN Trackway, specified an all-wheel drive 8×8 Mercedes Arocs to show off their track system to customers worldwide. FAUN…

Two Mercedes Arocs concrete mixers have arrived at quarrying and construction material supplier, Brice Aggregates thanks to a truck salesperson’s tenacity in spotting a sales opportunity. In its early days Brice based its fleet on another brand of trucks. The decision to invest in Mercedes-Benz vehicles was sparked when the company began making deliveries to…

The Mercedes Econic has been built for some 25 years now. Starting off life as a 4×2 18 tonner for municipal applications, the model range has grown, as have the number of applications that the truck finds itself suited to. The low entry crew cab makes it ideal for many urban operations. Future developments see…

Company’s First Mercedes Actros for 22 Year Old From driving a delivery van to behind the wheel of a brand new Meredes Actros tractor unit inside a year, all at the ripe old age of 22 is no mean feat for Old Transport’s driver, Shay Wheeler. Old Haulage’s first Mercedes-Benz Actros has gone to the…

Mercedes Trucks’ latest special edition Actros L Edition 3 has been revealed to the UK truck driving public. Following on from the successful Editions 1 and 2, the Actros L Edition 3 made its first UK appearance at the recent Road Transport Expo event, at Stoneleigh, Warwickshire. Taking delivery of one of these exclusive vehicles…

Replacing older, zero star trucks, it was important that the new trucks had to operate in central London over the course of their lifetime. With the all-important three DVS stars, the three new Actros bought by Platinum Transport Solutions are the Kent-based operator’s first trucks to wear the famous three-pointed star. The trucks were delivered…

If you operate more than a dozen 8×4 mixer chassis successfully, pleased with the vehicles and support from the local dealer, it makes sense to buy similar trucks to use in a tipping role. This is the thought process used by the truck buyers at Cornish operator Maen Karne.  The company has taken delivery of…

No better reason to replace a truck with an almost identical one – simply that the outgoing truck performed seamlessly for twenty years. That’s what South Wales builders’ merchant Undy Building & Timber Supplies did when replacing their old Mercedes Atego with a new one from Euro Commercials. The outgoing, Atego Still going strong with…

If the decision maker regarding truck buying for a company actually has to drive the truck they are purchasing, then you know that it will be the best truck in their opinion. So, according to Director of A1 Plant & Haulage, Stuart Handley this truck is a Mercedes Arocs 3246 grabloader. It therefore comes as…

CW Russell have been convinced that Mercedes have the right specification Arocs trucks for them. Having tried the first one just two years ago, Mercedes trucks now make up more than 50% of the 42-strong fleet as the specification and durability of the Arocs makes them perfect for the company’s work. The latest arrivals, three…

After having moved away from buying Mercedes trucks, Northern Ireland based McGimpsey Removals have bought their first Mercedes tractor unit since 2017.  Instead of the usual 6×2 configuration seen with the StreamSpace cab, the removals truck is a 4×2 configuration and pulls a tandem axle trailer. In the removals business a truck will usually cube…

A Mercedes Atego has, until now, not been the chassis of choice for sweeper operation. There are plenty of DAF trucks and Iveco trucks cleaning our streets, but the three pointed star had been left out of the market.  Mercedes-Benz Truck Dealer City West Commercials has tried to break into this segment by joining forces…

Best Tractor Units for On-Off Road Applications It’s not just 8-wheel tippers and hook loaders that have to venture into quarries, waste depots and onto building sites. There are many occasions when a tractor unit has to venture ‘off-road’. That doesn’t mean scaling ridiculously steep slopes, but simply entering areas that require improved ground clearance,…

View Full 2023 Year Truck Sales Figures Here UK truck registrations – fourth consecutive quarterly increase Let’s start with some good news for a change. There actually is a triple whammy of good news to the start of 2023 – the registrations of new trucks were up over 17% on the first quarter of 2022,…

There’s no dipping a toe into the water here. If you run a mixed fleet of trucks and vans, you may expect one of the diesel vans to be relaced with an electric version for work inside London. Not so for London-based premium drinks supplier The Drinks Club. The company has decided that replacing their…

If you are looking at the 7.5 tonne truck market for the first time, there is a reasonable choice of makes and models available – both new and used. We take a look at the best options for you, depending on the duty cycle the truck will be put to. First of all, regardless of…

Mercedes-Benz Trucks UK has teamed up with bodybuilder Solomon Commercials to launch Britain’s first fridge-bodied eActros electric truck. The 19-tonne GVW eActros made its debut at the ITT Hub event in Farnborough on 9 May. A fully operational vehicle, it will now be offered for live demonstrations to operators across the country. The truck is…

Interlink Scaffolding is saving time and restricting its labour costs after commissioning an eight-wheeled Mercedes-Benz Arocs with a highly unusual, demountable crane body. The operator, which is commonly known as ISL and currently celebrating its 20th anniversary, is based in Birtley, Tyne & Wear. Its new flagship arrived via local Dealer Bell Truck and Van….

View Full 2023 Year Truck Sales Figures Here Last year was the first almost ‘normal’ year for the new truck industry since pre-covid in 2019. There remain component supply issues for manufacturers and lead times are longer than operators would like, but UK sales volumes were up almost across the board for all truck manufacturers….

Truck operators of Mercedes Actros trucks with the manufacturer’s Multimedia Cockpit can now download Microlise SmartFlow work management software directly into their cabs.  They will receive a tailored version of the common package in their the Mercedes Truck App Portal system. Normally the driver would need additional hardware to run the system in-cab. Mercedes Actros…