The new Mercedes-Benz Actros was voted "Truck Of The Year" at the international "Trailer 2011" show in Kortrijk/Belgium. This was the fourth time that truck journalists from 24 European countries had voted the flagship model in the Mercedes-Benz truck fleet the best truck of the year. Under the working name "Aero-Trailer", Mercedes-Benz also unveiled the design study of a tractor/semitrailer combination whose drag coefficient was reduced by around 18% thanks to numerous aerodynamic improvements, without adversely affecting the load capacity. The result was a reduction in fuel consumption in real traffic by almost 5%, equating to a saving of 2,000 litres of fuel over an annual mileage of 150,000 km and a reduction in the annual burden on the environment by more than 5 tonnes of CO2.
