New Mercedes truck (Future Unimog replacement??)

[David Riding]

Just stumbled upon this, has anyone seen one before,

 

 

http://njection.com/blogs/jalopnik/archive/2008/06/24/mercedes-zetros-when-you-need-a-bigger-unimog-mercedes-zetros.aspx

[Adam]

ot seen one. look exspencive. so worth it though.

[woodplans]

I am saving for one of these:

 

http://www.tlcicon.com/downloadiconebrochure.html

 

 

 

Think its more of reality than the merc.

[Paul Smith]

I saw a lecy board truck fly past us the other day in a merc and it was like a Mog on roids! it was massive with a huge mewp. It was bigger than a DAF.

[Bear]

its a Daimler (unimog) special trucks division U5000, made for the German,South African, OZ and for NZ. nice bit of kit ! sadly when there old there sold off to african state ! ..... but theres always the lottery !!

[David Riding]

its a Daimler (unimog) special trucks division U5000, made for the German,South African, OZ and for NZ. nice bit of kit ! sadly when there old there sold off to african state ! ..... but theres always the lottery !!

 

Im not an expert but if you read the link its not a u5000 is a Mercedes Zetros, I stand corrected if a U5000 is a Zetros but they seem different.

[skyhuck]

Thats not a U5000!!

[Mr Ed]

Its a Zetros, an allwheel drive bonneted low cab version of the Actros. Bears very little resemblance to the unimog, a definately does not use the same engine..

[ScottF]

What about one of these?

[b101uk]

Early Zetros used a Unimog cab (u1000 to u24##) with the bonnet & wings cut off so it was flat fronted then the Zetros bonnet meats up with that.

 

If you look carefully you can see the unimog cab heritage in the Zetros