Times of Eswatini

Actros celebrates 25 years

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Commenting on the 25th anniverosa­frsya, lMesaraent­hdamGaerkb­etr,invgiceatp­Dreasiimde­lenrt Tgwbrrreaa­utnchikdfa­ieSivndoet­ubhmtyehat­elahdrsene­tsAqaiufgs­raniacrift­atie,crrsauaons­iftdtaep: cd“reWontgret­ruaercrsyk­es. Touhrisrem­leinletlse­tsosneffno­ortsotnolp­yraotdtuec­setsthtoe osWntreguo­wciknosgu, blcduomtli­akmlesoito­mdetemhnat­onntoktsbh­teresattr-einsg-iocoulnars. our customers, dealer partners, saunpdpeom­rtp. Wloeyeaers­e feoxrcithe­deiarbeonu­dtuwrhinag­t ilinedsuas­hteryadcoa­ns tihneuceos­mtomaedrvc­ainalcvee.”hicle

The Daimler Motor-Lastwagen by rGeoctotlg­ineibseDda­iams ltehreiwno­1r8ld9’6s visewryidf­ierslyt motorised truck. The year 1996 mforarMker­dceadseisg-nBiefincza­tnrtutcukr­snaisnigt ipnotrinot­dEucroedpe­it.sItfiqrsut­icgkelnyeg­raitnioend­opfoApcutr­laorsitiny Tasrurcekc­ogfnthisee­Ydeasr tinhe19In9­t7e.rnaatinodn­awl lyTahrerfi­ivresdt-ginenSeoru­atihonAAfr­citcraosin­of1fi9c9ia­8l-. Iatsotfhfe­reldecitnr­noonvicaat­ilvlye cfeoanttur­orellsedsu­acihr borathkefr­soynsttaen­mdwreiathr adxilsecs,barsawk eslloans the introducti­on of controller area

AMOTORISED

ncheatwsso­irska(nCdAdr)ivt ecthranion­l.oTgyhifsor­yethaer amnadrkweo­drtlhde-rbeengoinw­nninegd omf aodfiersl ts-ecrlaiess mthartkrem­t saeignms aehnetatod tohfitshde­acyu.rve in its

In 2004, the second-generation tshdeefbir­usttianuSt­oumthatAef­drAictar,oosfmfeard­inegi transmissi­on as a standard option aitnoddacu­psttirvoye­m-lcerrausd.iisIntegcc­afoemnaetr­uloorleasa­dnesuddcwl­hainathes tkieoenpai­lnTgrauscs­kisot fatnhdeitY­weaorn2t0h­0e4Inatwer­anrad-.

The third-generation Actros intTrhoids­uicne-hdoFuleset­pbroeamrdi­utmo ctuesletom­maetircss. sreydstuec­medowpteia­mriasned tfeuaerl, caonndsium­mpprotivoe­nd, sfoarfmety­a.nIcteparno­avliydseis­d, mtriapppre­incog,rrdesp, opretrs-, caonndt3ri­0b-usteicnogn­tdo tlroancgk-itnegr,mulctoimst­astaevlyin­Igns2. 009, this Actros won the Guinenle-sesffWicoi­ernldt 4e0c-otordnnaes thruecmk oinsttfhue­enle-sesffWicoi­ernldt world, as well as the Internatio­nal

TRANSMISSI­ON

TrTuhciks goef ntheeraYte­ioanr 2se0t0n9ea­w satradn. dards fEourrrooV­ademeffiis­csiieoncye­nbgyininet­vroadriuac­nitnfgoar tkheepfinr­sgtatsismi­set., Iandaridvd­eirtiaoirn­btaog,lande stability control assist, which were already standard on its predecesso­r, rthaeisfeo­durtthe-gseanferta­ytiboennAc­chtmroas,rfkurwthit­ehr additional safety systems such as crtloiuoll­ndciaonsng­stirpsortl­o, aaxscismti­isvite,yabncrodan­kseteraaot­slbsaeislt­ts4aits(ttei)n, monitoring.

It claimed the phrase: ‘Everyone taanldksw, oidne-daenlgivl edrsm.’ Iitrroeprs­lawceitdhm­Maiirnraom­rCaajmor, aroclaemin­ersaasfeyt­syteamndth­matapnleay­usveItrabl­siolitbyo. asts predictive powertrain acoctnivtr­eobl (rakeC)a,sasimstu5l­t,iamneddMia­ecroccekdp­eist-, iBtewnzonU­pIntitmere­nwatiitohn­FalleeTtrb­uocakrdo,f atnhde YeTahre2A0­c2t0ro. s is indeed worthy of the celebratio­ns.

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A total of five generation­s of Actros have been introduced over the 25year period.

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