The new Scania Steamline is just out, and there is also the scale model! I found this on Facebook, and the Danish tekst says it is a Tekno 1:50 model. Looking good!… Continue Reading
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Scania testing the others
Scania has its own logistic company, called Scania Transportlaboratorium AB. One of the routes is from Sweden to the Scania production plant in Zwolle, The Netherlands. The fleet of Scania Transportlaboratorium has all brands, and that makes it the perfect way to do their own comparison test. Here you see photo’s that Leonard made for…… Continue Reading
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Iveco Trakker Hi-Land 10×8
Dutch Iveco dealer and specialist Iveco Schouten has build the very first Iveco Trakker Hi-Land 10×8! The truck has a gross vehicle weight of 49,6 ton, just within the Dutch limit of 50 tons for a rigid. Vehicles like this are common as tippers in Holland. Schouten made the chassis longer and fitted an extra…… Continue Reading
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New Kerax
In june Renault Trucks will launch a complete new series of heavy trucks, and that involves the Kerax models. Here is an early scoop photo of a new Kerax truck, although we don’t know if the name stays the same.… Continue Reading
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Volvo FMX at Bauma
After the launch of the new Volvo FM the waiting is for the new FMX, and it is going to be soon! Volvo just anounche that the new FMX is going to be shown at the Bauma 2013 exhibition in Münich. A wise decision, cause that is the place to be for a construction truck! Volvo says…… Continue Reading
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Streamline on Youtube
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH3W_inH8UM&w=560&h=315]… Continue Reading
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Scania Trolley Truck
Together with Siemens Scania developpes an electric powered truck with a pentograph, just like a train. Scania has for a long time explored the possibilities of electrifying the powertrain in buses and trucks. Siemens has been working with technology, in which vehicles receive power from a wire in the air via a pantograph on the…… Continue Reading
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T880, Another new Kenworth
There is a lot of news these days in the trucking world. Kenworth just showed the new T880 Vocational Truck on the Mid-American Truckshow. The Kenworth T880 has a 2.1 meter wide stamped aluminium cab with a panoramic windshield. Kenworth is proud of the 30% larger door openings and the ‘best in class’ forward lighting.…… Continue Reading
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Volvo VNX, 600 Hp heavy transport truck
Volvo Trucks has unveiled a powerful option for North American extreme gross weight applications with the launch of the Volvo VNX. The VNX is powered by Volvo’s newly introduced D16 engine with 600 horsepower, 2,050 lb.- ft. torque and Volvo’s I-Shift automated manual transmission. Volvo showed the VNX at the 2013 Mid-America Trucking Show with…… Continue Reading
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Streamline Scania, more photo's!
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXGlwNnIFk4&w=560&h=315]… Continue Reading
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