Brand new limited edition Actros for Wrings Transport

Celebrating a milestone.

The Edition 1 is a stunning showcase for the Actros range.  A message across the top of the truck’s distinctive gloss black grille proclaims ‘25 years of service 1995-2020’, while the theme is repeated with eye-catching motifs on either side of the GigaSpace cab.

Just 400 examples of the Actros Edition 1 are being built, and of these only 35 will reach the UK. The truck is available with four engine output options – Wrings Transport has opted for a 12.8-litre straight-six which produces 390 kW (530 hp) and offers an ideal combination of performance and economy.

Mercedes-Benz is the obvious choice.

Wrings can trace its roots back to 1927, when Sidney Joseph Wring began using a horse and cart to deliver coal to hospitals and schools throughout the Bristol area. In its current form, however, the company was founded in 1995, when Sidney’s youngest son Royston, and his two sons Stuart and Martin, began trading with a single 3.5-tonne dropsider.

Today, the company is the largest privately-owned haulier in the Avonmouth area and operates 31 tractor units by three manufacturers – Mercedes-Benz claims the lion’s share of the line-up, with 14 vehicles. All but one of Wrings’ 27 rigid trucks of various sizes also wear three-pointed stars, as do three of its four vans. Last year alone, Wrings Transport acquired 10 Actros 2545 tractors together with 10 Antos at 18 tonnes GVW, and a pair of Atego 7.5-tonners.

Managing Director Stuart Wring resolved to purchase the Actros Edition 1 as his company’s anniversary truck, after attending a transport conference in Cardiff last year at which Sam Whittaker, now Sales Director at Mercedes-Benz Trucks UK, delivered a presentation on the new Actros.

“Until then I’d been torn between a Mercedes-Benz and a Swedish V8,” recalled Mr Wring. “But Sam’s introduction to the new Actros, together with the video he showed us, is what sold it to me. After that, my mind was made up.”

Stylish with extra safety features.

The Edition 1 incorporates ground-breaking features including MirrorCam, which replaces conventional mirrors and represents a major advance in safety and fuel economy; a state-of-the-art Multimedia Cockpit and enhanced versions of Active Brake Assist emergency braking and Predictive Powertrain Control systems.

However, the limited edited model stands out from the rest thanks to its striking appearance – it boasts an eye-catching grille, darkened headlamp covers and rims, and an Edition 1-branded sun visor incorporating four extra LED main-beam headlamps.

Meanwhile, the black leather-trimmed cab interior with contrasting topstitching features an aluminium dashboard badge that confirms the truck as ‘One of 400’ Edition 1s being produced. Drivers can choose from no fewer than eight colours of ambient ceiling lighting, while the bed measures an industry-leading 900 mm wide.

All new Actros models are offered a Mercedes-Benz Safety Package as standard. Increasing safety still further, Edition 1 models come with the optional Sight Package, which provides for ‘best possible’ lighting and visibility by adding a rain sensor, bi-xenon headlamps, fog lamps, LED daytime running lights, cornering lights and LED tail lights.

- Stuart Wrings, Managing Director, Wrings Transport

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