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Title: New Mercedes Trucks
Post by: fraser8 on April 29, 2012, 10:52:02 AM
New Mercedes Truck design, is there a new shaped coach in the works ?
Title: Re: New Mercedes Trucks
Post by: muldoonman on April 29, 2012, 10:54:45 AM
Man that's ugly!
Title: Here's a couple more
Post by: fraser8 on April 29, 2012, 10:59:47 AM
Notice how the wipers form the Mercedes emblem
Title: Re: New Mercedes Trucks
Post by: muldoonman on April 29, 2012, 11:24:10 AM
Yeah, Looks like something that should be circling the Earth out of gravity.
Title: Re: New Mercedes Trucks
Post by: Jeremy on April 29, 2012, 12:12:54 PM
Those have been around for years and you'll find photos of them and their brothers all over the 'net - Google 'futuristic truck' or similar, and you'll find all sorts of references to them. They are concepts produced by an independent Swiss designer called Luigi Colani - they're certainly not Mercedes products as such, but it could be that Colani has done work for Mercedes, or simply that the bodywork has been built onto existing Mercedes trucks

Jeremy
Title: Re: New Mercedes Trucks
Post by: Stormcloud on April 29, 2012, 12:23:00 PM
Different for sure, but I recall............................

http://www.artworks-unlimited.com/Highway_man_truck.htm (http://www.artworks-unlimited.com/Highway_man_truck.htm)

The Highwayman truck 'prop' was for sale a few years ago. A friend looked into purchasing it, but it needed a TON of work. As it was, it was barely driveable. Wires hanging, stuff detached in the 'cab'. 

But, it looked like it was supposed to from outside...( notice I didn't say it looked good..????)


Mark
Title: Re: New Mercedes Trucks
Post by: crown on April 30, 2012, 08:31:49 AM
 yes they are very different  but they where built for better fuel mileage if you look at the tanker
all but the drive wheels are covered for less drag same with the bodys check out the lines
of truck and tanker john
Title: Re: New Mercedes Trucks
Post by: CrabbyMilton on April 30, 2012, 10:14:30 AM
Looks like something that you may see at one of those "future" exhibits at DISNEYLAND 40 years ago.
Title: Re: New Mercedes Trucks
Post by: Stormcloud on April 30, 2012, 02:44:03 PM
TomorrowLand!
Title: Re: New Mercedes Trucks
Post by: Jeremy on April 30, 2012, 05:24:41 PM
Quote from: Stormcloud on April 30, 2012, 02:44:03 PM
TomorrowLand!

No, this is what Tomorrowland trucks look like (Tomorrowland (or Tomorrorroland, as the children called it) being the destination at the end of Mad Max 3):

(https://busconversionmagazine.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbestmoviesevernews.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F01%2Fmad-max-fury-road-movie-images-cars-wreckers-2012.jpg&hash=d4e0c4d5094f5ff45fabe6784ccef0b522007553)

(https://busconversionmagazine.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.automopedia.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2008%2F08%2Fmadmax-mack.jpg&hash=e02a9e387f5482b6326ec319a005bf6c0d9df473)


Jeremy

(and, yes, I do know those vehicles are from MM 4 and 2 respectively, not 3)
Title: Re: New Mercedes Trucks
Post by: Stormcloud on April 30, 2012, 07:13:42 PM
Mel G MUST be mad....he's steering that Mack from the wrong side of the cab!