Mercedes-Benz Ategos Join the Move My Wheels Fleet.
Leading vehicle automotive logistics service provider PrixCar Services is expanding its fleet of enclosed vehicle carriers with new Mercedes-Benz Atego trucks.
Finished in the Move My Wheels brand livery, the trucks will be used for highly-specialised vehicle movements and final mile deliveries, moving one vehicle at a time. Move My Wheels is the retail arm of PrixCar Services, an Australian-wide vehicle transport service providing a variety of transport options to customers across the country.
The new Ategos will often be used for the last leg of the transport journey, delivering vehicles to locations with limited access, or where larger trucks simply cannot go.
Custom-built enclosed bodies ensure protection from the elements, as well as allowing customers to protect the vehicle from prying eyes.
“We chose the Atego for our new enclosed carriers as the design of the chassis requires very little modification to be able to build our bespoke body on,” said PrixCar National Fleet Manager, Goran Koviloski. “The new Atego allows us to increase the size of vehicle that we can carry in our one-car enclosed service offering but keep the compact nature of the truck to still be able to offer our service to those hard-to-reach locations.”
PrixCar also values the advanced safety features that come as standard with the new Atego. All Mercedes-Benz Ategos are fitted with the Active Brake Assist Advanced Emergency Braking System (AEBS), which can automatically brake the vehicle even if the driver fails to respond to a potential impact.
The new Atego is also fitted with Active Sideguard Assist and Front Guard Assist, systems that monitor all angles and blind spots around the truck on the road to assist the driver. PrixCar is no stranger to Mercedes-Benz trucks, taking delivery of Actros prime movers last year.
“We have established a great relationship with Mercedes-Benz as we also make use of the Actros in our fleet. With the reviews we have had on the road from our drivers of the latest Actros, it was an easy decision to open the conversation and explore the new Atego for other areas of our fleet,” Koviloski said.
Daimler Truck Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Andrew Assimo, said the Atego trucks are perfect for the Move My Wheels fleet.
“The Atego is perfectly suited to provide a premium vehicle delivery service with its clever design and advanced safety technology. Move My Wheels helps customers move their vehicles safely and reliably, so it only makes sense they do use a Mercedes-Benz truck.”
The Atego features the OM936 8-litre six-cylinder with 240hp and 1000Nm of torque, which meets Euro 6 emissions standards. It is paired with the Powershift 3 six-speed Automated Manual Transmission (AMT).
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