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majored on its core values rather than trying to dazzle the assembled specialist journalists with novelties. And for the second year running the Actros was rated at Euro-4.
The only significant cab options were integrated satnay, automatic climate control and the exotic blue 'Ambient' cab lighting package. It's no secret that the current Actros is entering its final months, as the scoop pictures in CM last week revealed. Mind you, the replacement will have a hard act to follow as this model doesn't do anything badly.
Strangely, given that it was unburdened by the extra tier of emissions control and had the same 2,000Nm of torque to play with as the other contenders, it was only in the performance section that the Actros scored badly.
Slug on Prozac
The tact that it produced easily the best fuel economy while simultaneously performing like a slug on Prozac can almost certainly be attributed to its very longlegged 2.85:1 final drive. The Powershift 16 automated gearbox's electric arm must have been rather tired, having made 43 shifts on the hills compared with the Volvo's 29. However, the overall driving experience was marked only slightly behind the Volvo.
One area where Mercedes has little work to do is cab quality and finish, although it has the scope to improve storage capacity and general ambience. Driving controls have their usual feeling of being solid, possibly too solid, but will probably still be capable of working long after the world's diesel has disappeared. One feature we hope to see the back of is the armrest-mounted gearshift. which brings back too many memories of the semi-auto Telligent and simply gets in the way. A dash-mounted knob and better secondary control., than the current row of rocker switches would do nicely.