Mercedes-Benz delivers 10,000th Econic with Allison transmission

Milestone vehicle supplied to AWB municipal waste company in Cologne, GermanyMainz, Germany, February 2011 – The 10,000th Econic fitted with an Allison automatic transmission has been officially handed over to the AWB municipal waste company of Cologne, Germany. The AWB now successfully runs 130 Econics equipped with Allison fully automatic transmissions in their fleet, and in the next three years they will receive a further 76. “The commercial vehicle market so far does not offer an alternative to the Econic. The Allison fully automatic transmission and the low entry cab have proven