And here is the first new Scania R-series Topline in Streamline configuration that I’ve seen. The truck was shown at the Truckstar Festival in Assen.… Continue Reading
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Schmitz Cargobull raises the prices
Europe’s leading trailer manufacturer, Schmitz Cargobull, will increase the prices of its commercial vehicles in August 2013. This is due to the increased wage costs and the rising manufacturing costs. During the 2012/2013 business year Schmitz Cargobull AG largely exhausted the internal potential for increasing the effectiveness in purchasing and also in the personnel and…… Continue Reading
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Paccar, Turnover and proffit down
The Paccar Group, owner of the brands Peterbilt, Kenworth and DAF has published the results of the seccond quarter of this year. The turnover in Q2 was 4,3 billion Dollar, last year that was 4,46 billion. The proffit went down with 5 million dollar to 292 million. In Europe DAF has a marketshare of 15,8…… Continue Reading
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Nissan NV200: Chevrolet and Leyland Ashok badge!
The Nissan NV200 is going to be sold as Chevrolet City Express in 2015, but is is also going to be the Ashok Leyland Stile. Ashok Leyland developed the vehicle together with the Nissan Motor Company in a joint venture. It will be built by Nissan at its Oragadam plant near Chennai, India. Offered as…… Continue Reading
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Scania fantasies, or is something brewing?
After a wave of new truck design courtesy of the Euro-6 generation, there are two brands left that did not introduce a completely new cab or even a big facelift. MAN and Scania came with only minor detail changes and left us waiting for bigger design news. Especially Scania, a brand that triggers a lot…… Continue Reading
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700 Milion Euro investment in Sevel plant
Today, Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne presented plans for future activities at the Sevel plant in Atessa (Chieti), where the Ducato Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV) is currently produced. Approximately €700 million is to be invested in the existing facility over 5 years which, together with application of World Class Manufacturing standards, will enable Sevel to further…… Continue Reading
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Volvo FH16 for Siep Amsterdam
More and more Volvo FH’s are now on the road. At first the design of the front end was a bit of a shock to some people, but transportcompanies found a sollution for that. Take a look at this beauty of Siep Amsterdam! The photo was sent in by Iepieleaks spie Rens Lindeboom. Thanks Rens!… Continue Reading
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First Scania Streamline on the road
During the introduction of the seccond generation of their Euro-6 engines Scania also presented the Streamline. This new aerodynamic optimized Scania is now being produced, and here is the first one in costumer livery that I saw. The truck is sold in Holland to Hurkens Transport.… Continue Reading
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Interview with Renault Trucks designer
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DAF XF105 Fleet Truck of the Year 2013
During the ‘Motor Transport Awards 2013’ in London DAF Trucks got the ‘Fleet Truck of the Year 2013’ Award with the DAF XF105 ATe. For DAF this was the 17th time they won this award, and that is more than any other truckbrand. The jury came to this conclusion because of the comfort and efficiency…… Continue Reading
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