It doesn’t bear any resemblance to a van and it hasn’t got much to do with van hire — but it is seriously impressive and it is a commercial vehicle. As it’s winter and we’ve had a (little) bit of bad weather, Mercedes-Benz has been pimping the benefits of its 4-wheel drive trucks, most notably the awesome Unimog.

There really isn’t much a Unimog can’t do, from pulling trains to fording water more than 1m deep — so without further ado, let’s enjoy a pre-Christmas, all-wheel drive treat:

As you may have spotted, this picture of a Unimog clearing meaningful amounts of snow can’t possibly have been taken in the UK.

Not sure we’ll get that Christmas tree through the front door, darling.

Ain’t no river deep enough (to stop a Unimog)…

Leaves on the line? Get the Unimog on the job.

Finally, if there’s ever a time in your life when a Unimog simply isn’t man enough for the job, Mercedes has something even bigger, harder and better up its sleeve. The Zetros can have a gross weight of up to 27t and is a very special and rare machine.

Aberdeen Airport is the proud owner of the UK’s first Zetros, as Mercedes explains:

Aberdeen Airport, which typically experiences much harsher winters than those further south, invested in the UK’s first Zetros – a pair of highly specialised tractors, equipped with state-of-the-art ploughing, sweeping and blowing equipment by Aebi Schmidt.

Here it is, in all its snow-blowing glory:

Aberdeen Airport was the first UK customer for the Zetros

I hope you’ve enjoyed this brief diversion into all-wheel drive silliness — but if you’d like to see more of Mercedes’ awesome all-wheel drive trucks in action, then I’d strongly recommend this post.