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Freightliner is preparing to start a new chapter with next year’s arrival of the all-new Cascadia, adding to a rich history in Australia.

There was similar excitement back in 1989. Not only was it the year the Berlin wall was torn down and the first GPS satellites were fired into space, but it was the year the first Freightliner trucks were introduced in Australia.

It all happened because eight years earlier the Mercedes-Benz parent company, Daimler, bought the Freightliner business. This move certainly captured the attention of the Mercedes-Benz team in Mulgrave, Victoria, which had been assembling cab-over trucks for the local market.

It was a successful operation and trucks like the 1418 Mercedes-Benz had really established the company in Australia.

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