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Griffith Corporation takes delivery of 100th Mercedes-Benz Actros

Brisbane-based transport company Griffith Corporation has taken delivery of its 100th Mercedes-Benz Actros.


Company Director Mark Griffith marked the milestone with a black 2663 Actros 25 Driver Edition with a GigaSpace cab.

Griffith Corporation operates more than 60 prime movers, with the majority doing overnight express work for a raft of long-term customers including Tamex, DHL, Mainfreight and Northline.

The company also has eight transporters that it sends to racetracks around the country, moving Aussie race cars, targa cars and production cars, in addition to providing exotic vehicle and supercar transportation for individual owners.

The new 2663 Actros milestone truck was delivered by Daimler Trucks Brisbane and immediately put to work pulling the Team Nineteen race transporter that carries the AMG GT of Griffith Corporation raced by Griffith.

The 16-litre 630hp truck replaces a third-generation black Actros prime mover that was part of the transporter combination Griffith bought from Erebus.

“It had come up on the lease deal and Mercedes-Benz had the 25th anniversary Actros, there were only 25 of them, so we thought ‘let’s have one of those’,” he said.

The Actros 25 Driver Edition comes with a range of special features including an illuminated Mercedes-Benz logo, Alcoa Dura-Bright wheels, dark chrome highlights, a light-bar with driving lights, stainless steel highlights, leather seats and woodgrain trim.

It also features the optional GigaSpace cab, which has 2.13 metres of interior height, measured from the floor between the seats to the ceiling, providing ample room for the tallest drivers and adding three large cupboards built into the front of the truck cabin.

The majority of the Griffith Corporation’s fleet is made up of Actros trucks, which are switched over every four years to ensure the company is always operating the most modern, safest and fuel-efficient models.

Griffith Corporation takes advantage of Daimler Truck Financial Services and its guaranteed buyback program, which is part of its finance offering.  

Customers can take the buyback option, keep their truck or sell it themselves.

“We get a guaranteed future value at four years, so we finance them for four years, then hand them over and get a new one,” Griffith said.

“It’s a good thing to know that at the end of the term they are going to give you X amount and you can plan for it.

“When Covid was on, people were giving you more money than what the payout figure was, so we did, but if it is less than that you can just hand it back and walk away.”  

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