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Mercedes-Benz GLT Video Teaser Released

Giancarlo Perlas October 21, 2016

Mercedes-Benz confirmed through a teaser that it will finally unveil its new pickup truck concept. Called the Mercedes-Benz GLT, the video said the vehicle will make its world premiere on October 25, 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden. The new Mercedes pickup truck is based on the platform of the Nissan Navara but with the signature aesthetics of three-pointed star brand. Based from the tidbits of information shown in the teaser, the frontal half of the GLT appears to follow some of the aggressive styling elements present in the SUVs of Mercedes. When news of the GLT began to surface last year, people were divided about what to expect from the pickup. Some predicted that Mercedes might follow… Continue Reading »

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Mercedes-Benz Unimog Voted as the Best 2016 Cross-Country Vehicle

Giancarlo Perlas June 16, 2016

Rugged terrains, slippery paths, harsh weather, shallow river crossing and other extreme environmental conditions, it does not matter because the Mercedes-Benz Unimog can conquer them all. Recently, the Unimog was awarded the “Cross-Country Vehicle of the Year” under the “special-purpose” category by “Off Road” journal. According to Daimler, Off Road conducted a poll to determine the winner the best cross-country vehicle of the year. There were 12 categories that include the special purpose vehicles segment. There were 126 vehicles to choose from, and a total of 85,080 votes were cast by readers. The Unimog stood out in the special-purpose vehicles category, bagging nearly half of the votes. It had 43.3 percent votes in… Continue Reading »

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Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Mercedes Unimog For Sale in eBay

Giancarlo Perlas January 20, 2016

The Mercedes-Benz Unimog that once belonged to Hollywood actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is being advertised as for sale in eBay. The truck is listed with a hefty $350,980.00 price tag. Schwarzenegger had the custom Mercedes Unimog assembled sometime in 2012. But in 2014, it was put up for sale in Germany. There is a little information of what happened between that period and the recent listing of the truck in eBay. So we are not sure about the person who bought the vehicle prior to this date. As a recap, Schwarzenegger spent $250,000 for the custom-built truck. The vehicle uses the platform of a 1977 Unimog UI300 SE. The massive auto houses a… Continue Reading »

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Mercedes-Benz Unimog Turned Into a Massive Mobile Base

Giancarlo Perlas November 9, 2015

The Mercedes-Benz Unimog, along with the vans of its brand, is one of the favorites of outdoor enthusiasts. It’s because the truck is capable of accommodating a lot of customization options. Aside from its many potentials as a mode of transport, it can also be turned into a mobile home. One guy really took things further by transforming the massive vehicle into a mobile base that looks capable of handling even an atomic or zombie apocalypse while rechristening it as the KiraVan. Bran Ferren, co-founder of Applied Minds and former Head of Disney Engineering, was the person who conceptualized the product in 2010. Ferren named the customized Unimog after his daughter Kira, whom he… Continue Reading »

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Video of Self-Driving Mercedes-Benz Actros in Action

Giancarlo Perlas October 3, 2015
mercedes-benz actros

The last time we saw a video of the Mercedes-Benz self-driving truck in action, it was during its unveiling. But its testing was only limited within its maker’s driving facility, and the only vehicles you can see along its way are its fellow three-pointed star branded autos. A few days ago, it was finally unleashed on the highway with actual traffic. Driven by Daimler Board Member Dr. Wolfgang Bernhard while being accompanied by the Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg Winfried Kretschmann in the front passenger seat, the semi-autonomous Mercedes-Benz Actros was tested from the A8 road, between Denkendorf and Stuttgart airport, towards Karlsruhe, and back to its point of origin. As we have mentioned in an earlier report,… Continue Reading »

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Mercedes-Benz Actros Featuring Highway Pilot Hits the Road

Giancarlo Perlas October 2, 2015

The Mercedes-Benz Actros with partially automated driving features has finally been unleashed on the road. According to Daimler, the truck, equipped with the advanced Highway Pilot system, makes its first journey in public road. With the Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg Winfried Kretschmann as a special guest, and guided by Daimler Board Member Dr. Wolfgang Bernhard, the Mercedes-Benz Actros is driven from A8 between Denkendorf and Stuttgart airport towards Karlsruhe. Then, upon arriving at the busy path with actual traffic, the vehicle’s Highway Pilot takes over with the driver’s confirmation through a touch of a button. The onboard sensors allow the truck to scan its surrounding areas and map any obstacles along the way while keeping itself… Continue Reading »

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Will the Mercedes Pickup Truck Look Like This?

Giancarlo Perlas April 7, 2015
Mercedes pickup

When news about the development of the Mercedes pickup broke out, the guys at TopSpeed immediately went to work in order to come up with a rendering of what the truck might possibly look like. The image above just shows their amazing concept of the vehicle. According to the source of the Mercedes pickup truck picture, the rendered photo used a couple of the styling features found on the Mercedes GLE Coupe with a utilitarian twist similar to the Mercedes vans. But, since the subject was a Mercedes pickup truck, the design starting at the rear passenger area of the vehicle going all the way to its back end was morphed a bit. It appeared to follow the form of… Continue Reading »

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