Benz steers along the straight and narrow

Mercedes-Benz has taken steering technology in the Australian truck market to an entirely new level by tapping into autonomous driving science with a system it calls Active Drive Assist, or simply ADA. While the driver still needs to keep at least a light touch on the wheel, ADA will actively steer the truck in its lane but the system’s only fully effective on the best roads. And as we all know, they’re not everywhere
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Clash of the Continentals: Mercedes-Benz 2653 Test Drive

In a Mercedes-Benz family full of appeal, we’ve often wondered if the 2653 model is the most appealing of them all, simply because the 13 litre class has the inherent versatility to be more things to more people. Anyway, after a B-double run up the Hume, we can now stop wondering. The ‘53 is everything we thought it’d be, and then some. Steve Brooks writes.
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