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Mercedes-Benz Trucks 130th anniversary celebrations

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Mercedes-Benz Trucks is conducting various activities to commemorate the 130th anniversary of the invention of the truck by Gottlieb Daimler in 1896. The At the IAA Transportation show, the company announced a special unveiled the ‘130 Years Trucks Edition’ of Edition’, a limited series restricted to 400 vehicles based on the Actros model, themed ‘Legacy meets Passion’. This ProCabin driver's cab in BigSpace and GigaSpace variants. The edition includes features approximately 30 special exclusive design elements elements, such as chrome ‘wings’ around the Mercedes-Benz star, a radiator grille with 140 hand-applied chrome points, and represents ‘Cardinal Red’, a modern interpretation of historical ‘oxblood red’. This series marks a technological shift, shift as it is the first special series from the manufacturer that can be configured edition offered with either a both diesel engine or and fully electric battery propulsion. As part of the drivetrains, with production scheduled to begin in October 2026. Alongside these celebrations, Daimler Truck is presenting ‘Global Design Vision’, a collection of design studies exploring future mobility themes like resource efficiency and autonomous transport. These studies are intended as “creative prompts for future challenges” rather than previews of upcoming products. Additionally, the Deutschlandfahrt 2026 historical vehicle tour has commenced. The tour 1,086-kilometer route began on August 27 at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Wörth and is scheduled to conclude in Weeze on September 6. Spanning approximately 1,086 kilometers, the route travels through Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands. Originally established Netherlands before concluding in 1987 by transporter Robert Fehrenkötter and now organized Weeze. Organized by Joachim Fehrenkötter in collaboration with and ETM Verlag, the biennial event serves as a major European gathering for historical commercial vehicles. The tour features showcases the technological evolution of road freight transport, including vehicles from the Mercedes-Benz historical collection, including collection such as an original 1899 Daimler Motor Truck, to showcase the technological evolution of road freight transport to collectors, companies, and enthusiasts. Truck.

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