Video: Daimler at the Melbourne Truck Show

Daimler’s Daniel Whitehead talks us through the Freightliner, Fuso and Mercedes-Benz truck show displays.

Daimler Managing Director Daniel Whitehead chats to Matt Wood about their Melbourne Truck Show stand, which included the world premiere of the Mercedes-Benz Dual Control Econic Garbage truck and Freightliner’s 25^th anniversary Coronado trucks.

Freightliner built 25 Coronado 114 bonneted prime movers to celebrate the 25 years since Freightliner began making trucks in Melbourne. The Coronado’s are all bright silver with 560hp (411kW) Detroit Diesel engines, and you can read more details on them here. 

The Dual Control Econic Is a Euro 6-compliant garbage truck with a modern aesthetic, and you can read more about it here.

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