New Mercedes-Benz Actros Test Drive (Mirror Cam) & Actros Edition 1

Join me as i test drive the new Mercedes-Benz Actros & Arocs with Mirror Cam, what are they like to drive without conventional mirrors and is there room for improvement with this new feature? ...let's find out!
I'll also show you around the first new Mercedes-Benz Actros Edition 1 to come to the UK, only 400 units are being built and just 35 are coming to the UK.
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[@stavros969]

Good morning 👋 So what do you all think of the new ‘Mirror Cam’ ? Is it a feature you would like to have on your truck? Comment below, and thanks for watching👍

[@TheFlight90]

Would never have it, far too distracting and in your face on the drivers side.

[@geni_hasalla]

I don't like the mirror cam,,,a truck is good with MIRRORS!!Great Video!!!

[@jajesamsigurno1002]

When you have conventional mirrors you can lean backward or forward to widen your angle of vision. Every professional allday driver does that and it is essential for safe driving. That is the biggest problem with mirror cam and although mirror cam has some good features it lacks in basics of safe driving.

[@84viper]

​@@jajesamsigurno1002 it's a brand new feature on the actros. I'm sure in future updates, they could very well include head tracking feature. so that the camera can adjust the angle when you move around in the cockpit.

[@Mohegan13]

What happens if you're on a motorway doing 56mph and your truck has a minor electrical fault cutting off the mirrors?

[@andygenner5360]

Would love to see an AMG version

[@Jamie-hm6xu]

Then a brabus version😈

[@AbertaweJack]

I love Stavros, the enthusiasm is brilliant!

[@mickeyronx6138]

Winning offroad challenge, congratulations my hero Stavros

[@echoesmourn3108]

Videos are getting better each week! Keep them coming!

[@andrewcassidy7795]

Great video mate. That cab is amazing. Few lucky drivers will sit in that seat.

[@TheWorldInOneVicky]

yes this is really amazing keep up the good work stravros

[@shaunakmistry]

Can't be more excited for next truck video!

[@billdumanch6237]

From Arizona USA-Congratulations. Lunch is on us...

[@Ian-Saxon]

Great video again Stavros lad. Love the Actros design. Get me one of these with the soundtrack of an open pipe Scania V8 and that's all I would ever need 😀

[@duleepagihan2106]

Congratulations for winning the off road challenge. Keep it up ☺☺

[@TzMostWanted]

Gooood Moorning!!

[@TheSniperEyes]

Well done winning! Also a great video!

[@mehedinazim4734]

Good noon. Hello,guys. I m a member of ur fans' family.I watch ur every video as soon as possible after publishing on KZbin.take my love from BANGLADESH.

[@SimonIngram]

Brilliant! Nice surprise seeing the Newby's truck, which lives near to me. When I was 18 and worked for GKN Autoparts (a zillion years ago), I probably had to reline the brake shoes for that truck - when it was only about 10 years old!

[@mathewsmutalechisanga7139]

congratulations to Mercedes-Benz for Mirror Cam .....it looks so beautiful inside there

[@sudharaninayak485]

Doing great job Sir

[@perlamiseriaccia]

love the Edition 1

[@zuberhamad7216]

I enjoyed for this show

[@lightningkahn1981]

You should do a review on a Volvo FH first or second generation.Or maybe a review on a Volvo FM second generation

[@crazymango737]

Volvo fh2012 review, stavros hasnt done that yet

[@casualtrucker]

Great vid!

[@remysunde545]

Good video stavros969👍

[@ejakulatum]

still working with mk1 actros, love it :D

[@truckdriver1982]

I like the technology with this mirror cams. But it seems like they glued on the screens at the last moment. Nice Movie Stavros!

[@Adi1122336]

The only problem I have with the mirror cameras is that they can break, unlike actual mirrors

[@PatrykTheGamer]

Like in their cars lol

[@ShaneTruckspotter]

Super videos stavros

[@army_of_thenight8273]

wow 1st edition is sooooo cool

[@travelling_stephen]

Well done stavros on winning the off road challenge, great video.

[@oczo22]

future trucking looks awesome...

[@crazymango737]

I think the mirror cam should be smaller. I agreed with you stavros when you said it creates a bigger blind spot. Its clearly bigger than the A pillar. Needs to be made smaller😉. Nice video stavros as always 👍👌

[@zonta71]

Nice. I drive the only for 5th gear Transport. And I love the in-cam system. I actually prefer it to normal mirrors. I clocked about 18000km in October. Hope you also find it better. Only issue I think I have in the inside mirror that should have Xzoom when reversing in blind corners to help visually or enhance visually. And I did have one stop working. Parked up for the night as a tramper (containers only) and the drivers side would come on. Anyways spent 1 hr waiting for road side and the bloke had never seen one before. Lol. Nice start. He called etc. We found the easiest way, which was to pull the battery terminals off and waited for 10s and reconnected and it was working again. I think each inside screen is a separate unit with its own motherboard so just needs a reset. Hope that helps. Happy trucking.

[@SDav21]

A camera would need lower mega pixels to allow more light which is good for low light like night time driving. One thing being implemented now is pixel binning like what Huawei does with their phones. They have a 40mp camera but it bins every 4 pixels together to make one resulting in a 10mp camera in low light. The larger the pixel, the more light. Mercedes really is doing well with their tech and they have the knowledge of building trucks to make sure everything is robust and works. Love the Actros.

[@TheSuitedTruckDriver]

Nice! Any update on when the new AROCS will be delivered in the same new format? I'm awaiting the production confirmation for weeks now!

[@fortunetshabalala3388]

Drove on this road so many times towards Manchester 😄😄

[@thevillager8102]

Very good review Stavros!!! By the way where are you from ??

[@yawdjan6246]

Cool

[@ianpurcell7266]

Edition 1 lovely truck compared to some of the ones rattling around our roads.

[@ScenesThroughTravels]

Mirror Cam make it look so attractive

[@connectorxp]

Love that Bosch sat nav system that deputed on Suzuki cars, has a lot of features for it’s price. Damn, we need mod kits for the Tamiya Arocs to feature the mirror cams.

[@johnjames01]

Enjoyed that! The edition one looks amazing. Would be worried about those mirrors letting you down, if they shut off suddenly or something. I'm sure they've looked after that but having seen a dashboard light up like a Christmas tree on a new 1999 Atego before, I'd be cautious :)

[@casualtrucker]

Beautiful truck. Mirror cam system seems interesting. Would like to see how it performs in our Canadian winters. Good test for camera system.

[@suaran]

we will probably not see it. Law dictates there must be physical mirrors.

[@4_SJR]

the best manufacturer

[@smithyno11998]

The Mirrorless 2020 Actros is now the truck to beat. (And Im a Volvo Fan/Vehicle Technician).

[@qaza007qaza]

Hi Stavros enjoy your videos love it when you drive older stuff just watched this as our fleet is all Merc I think everyone will go for mirror cams in the end but Merc always want to be first then all the others just improve on there ideas like EPs gearbox and teligent gearbox all the others make much better boxes.Couple of questions though 1 you said the truck remembers your lighting/display choices from your driver card is that only on top spec models or poor man's spec??2 have Merc made improvements to the gearbox and ride quality???keep up the good work

[@AceHardy]

👑

[@martj1313]

I used to work there back in 98 building merc buses

[@whotf888]

You should do a full review of the new Actros... AND PLEASE review all of the older generations.

[@ponchovia1132]

Good morning Hector 🤗 What's the story with the new mobile phone arms on your left to right pillars 😅😅

[@lisamckeown3661]

Morning Stavros did you go to the festival of lights in Crossmaglen

[@jamesmullen262]

Good video great content, would be cool if you could get a Foden on here.(no laughing)

[@stevenjohnston6213]

Great tech the mirrors etc sat nav good.tho more often than not if there’s a truck crawling up a hill it’s a merc or as we call it a German hill detector 😂

[@yusstruckerchannel5595]

Nice bro mb truck

[@rofifuad9542]

Could you do review of 1st or 2nd generation actros?

[@thechongwolla]

I caught a glimpse of an Actros 1 to a truck being kitted out at Roy Humphrey's in Eye in Suffolk, England. They are a Renault specialist so not.sure how an Actros 1 tow truck got there or if it is in their fleet but it looked incredible. Stavros if you can find that truck the you must do a video on it. I have no more information. This sighting was a few months ago.

[@mauricecahill3385]

Well done on the OFFROAD lad......regards the Mirror cam....mmmm I find a cloth handy for keeping em clean and fek it Stavros I have my doubts lad about the whole thing, but wey hey who am I to judge what others may find the bees knees!! Btw lad, my first outing back in 89 behind the wheel shunting from coal boats was in a 1628 owned by my great friend and employer at the time Floyds in Foynes!!

[@samensor8218]

I’ve seen a new one on the motorway in great bear livery

[@kibkatara1204]

Does the cameras actually make a difference, fine it’s cool how you have a screen inside the cab acting like your mirror, but the actual cameras go out roughly as much as normal mirrors. Anyway, great video!

[@aqueriks2116]

Stavros, come to Latvia, please! Checkout the Sia Mazjukši JL Scania S500, It has the custom interior!! 😏🤗

[@user-sm8jl8ro5n]

Unless you often drive narrow roads,otherwise i like the truck mirror outside, because it often focuses on the mirror. Plus the road in the mirror is moving all the time.

[@exsoulagent]

I’ve not had a drive in the latest Merc artic but it looks impressive. What’s the gearbox like on it? Ahh remember driving that 97 model, EPS gearbox 😆more like machine gun alley when it didn’t like ur selection, I eventually named it The Atrocious 😁

[@bbsuperspeedwashcorpnj]

Los mejores del mundo 🌏🌎🌍🗺

[@juansalvo3981]

Hello, thank you for the video on M.Benz's page leave a similar comment if you replace the mirrors by monitor camera, better to put the monitor in front of the driver, because what sense it makes to put them in that space inside, covering the vicion field, I don't see any advantage

[@MrPAlberst2]

A nice view of the mirrorcam. Indeed there seems to be a big blindspot. However, stavrods, you are sitting really close to the wheel. I would to think that sliding back the seat a bit, and pulling the steering wheel out a bit would help.

[@ggale2721]

It would be interesting to know if you get camera whiteout at night time,if a car is overtaking with poorly adjusted headlamps.

[@mr.truckerke3230]

Watching from Kenya 🇰🇪🇰🇪 Big fan of your work

[@ABANGLORICHANNEL]

Hello bro... hello from malaysian truckers

[@alfkasapi772]

Can you do a Another renult magnum vid I love that lorry if you can’t I love the vids

[@seanf12012]

I THINK YOU NEED TO TEST THESE TRUCKS LOADED.

[@corner-vlog975]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@ile2082]

I was waiting for actros mp1 test :(

[@ardhiagung9439]

if I'm not mistaken, there are aerox series in Indonesia, but don't use electric mirrors

[@JustAnother_Irishman]

The Germans are kings of over engineering,mirror cam is just another thing to ream you at the parts counter. Not to mention the blind spot from the screens.

[@superbird426]

Are you for real? Mercedes just suck!

[@joschua212]

Is the pink light just in the edition 1

[@theutgardianchannel1952]

mercedes just enabled the F2 key irl

[@Sokeresa]

Stavros, OUT OF ALL THE TRUCKS, which once is your favorite???

[@anokkelantan3870]

Nice,,, cat you show volvo fh16 750,,,

[@Theams__]

How to spot mercedes new actors 2019: 1. Look at mirror 2.look at headlights( it should be led light for signal)

[@hillmieahmad]

When approacing narrow space where you only have a small clearance on both sides,how to avoid accidently breaking those cameras? They are both not visible from your driving seat I guess? Should be placed lower I think.

[@brianellis1257]

Just drove a 2020 25/45 as a new driver who had previously driven Volvo FH’s. I absolutely hated the screens as do most of my colleagues and the blind spot on the offside. I was also surprised how much more jerky the auto gearbox was and how much more difficult smooth progress at low speeds was. I am a Mercedes fan so this is nothing more than my honest view of my short exposure to the Mercedes. I feel like I need to give it another chance….

[@chaoszombie9995]

In the span of 20 years they went from analog prettty much everything to digital everything with mood lighting

[@garethifan1034]

So they did!!

[@meandyou4198]

Would be good to have a rear view cam, not a massive fan though, prefer traditional mirrors. Maybe im just old and dont like change 🤔

[@yanni2112]

5:15 McDonald's? Greetings from Long Island NY

[@niccykemp9150]

Yes we have McDonalds in the uk lol

[@rubenvdsloot4077]

Would u for the next video in a daf cf euro 5/6

[@johnbrennan4205]

Y don't they put the left mirror cam closer to the driver, middle of the dashboard or where the radio is??..

[@ENTK87]

The touch screen is the same i have on a Suzuki baleno MY2018 !!! What the hell ?

[@chellcurtis4841]

Personally love to actros, getting used to mirrorless system, although not drove a giga yet

[@chellcurtis4841]

Ps didn't realise they had a track at the back of Wentworth 🙈

[@user-rr8ej3bh9m]

Good สุดยอดรถดีมากครับผมนําเบร์วัน

[@reggaekuruka7362]

Stravos on the last q and a you said that you are a trucker why font you flim the journey's

[@AAA11546]

Im not even a truck driver but still here lmao

[@navixaxa5023]

I believe the screens could have been better inside. As in, they could have a sharper and less bezel-less display fitted in there. And congrats on winning the off-road competition @Stavros.

[@JurgenDX]

not a fan, imagine when that thing breaks... nightmare maintanance

[@ge_oark2905]

Im sure Mercedes builded these cams strong enought to win colisions with normal side mirrows and the most Sidemirrows are under the cam from the heigh. If it realy breaks it shouldent be more ornate than a normal mirrow. You just got a cam with cable to replace. Nothing more. The main costs will be the part itself. A normal sidemirrow costs about 200 Euro i think the cam will be about 400 Euro but just lets wait.

[@iDrive123]

Jurgen DX No different to breaking a mirror.

[@zonta71]

@jurgen DX try new things. Don't judge if you have tried it out. Its called giving things a chance. I love it. Wind noise in minimal now. I hear other vehicle tyre sounds. Not wind rushing and increasing fuel consumption

[@r7kt441]

Also not a fan of it... I am staying with my mirrors

[@bogdanrus7953]

@@ge_oark2905 This comment aged like milk.

[@andyduhamel1925]

In Norway in freezing temperatures driving snow etc etc I’m not convinced hence reason Scania is still the go to unit.

[@PoppaFrost]

What about Vovlo?

[@darwinguillermosantamaria5206]

Nesesario contruir una cabina XXL

[@guysmith3146]

All the electronic gizmos in the edition 1, yet they use a cheap plastic inboard height indicator.

[@bradjoseph1623]

What did you win?

[@longdongjohn6588]

AMG 63 Actros when?

[@bitang69]

Better with classics mirrors.But they want to be different of other brands.

[@JohnCena-ie4ib]

What were they thinking

[@carmengrace2413]

Why are Euro trucks classed by HP when torque is a more important value?

[@garethifan1034]

Not here , power is everything when you are limited

[@danieldrives8619]

I'm sorry, I just hate the camera mirrors...

[@Itachi8179]

What if i accidently split coffee on these mirrors? Its the end of my journey, at scandinavia icy roads?

[@pallebudde4878]

No one really knows ... but there is normal "backup" mirror on theese models.'

[@nasa1985]

Itachi8179. If you accidentally spill your coffee on these mirrors you are doing something very wrong or deliberately.