Soon after the first introduction of the I-See system Volvo now comes with an improved version. I-See controls the cruise control and anticipates on the topography. When hills come the vehicle shifts down and revs up, but on the top of the hill it takes the accelleration away and shifts up. that way the gravity…… Continue Reading
While we are all waiting for Volvo’s best kept secret so far I found some nice design illustrations of where it could go with these two. Both show the lines of the existing FM cab, but the lower part of the grille and the bumper are new. I like these a lot, especialy the wheels!…… Continue Reading
My Iepieleaks spie Jonas A sent me this photo of an unknown Actros. I dont know this type, anyone more info?… Continue Reading
And there is another new Renault truck! The low (Premium?) version this time. I found the photo on Eurofreaks.… Continue Reading
Mercedes-Benz has won a prestigeus Design Award for the Actros series. The IF-Design Award was founded 60 years ago by the International Forum design in Hannover. The Actros won the price in the category ‘Communication and Packaging’ The Actros also won the ‘Red Dot’ Design Award of the Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen, ‘German Design Award 2013’ and…… Continue Reading
All over Europe truckdrivers are joining forces against social dumping on Facebook. The news that now even drivers from the Filipines are brought in to drive trucks trough Europe was the trigger. A lot of European drivers are without a job while their work is being done by cheap drivers from outside the EU. In…… Continue Reading
In 2010 the Tata Prima was launched for India. The truck is a product of the Tata Deawoo Comercial Vehicle Co, the South Korean unit of India’s largest automaker Tata Motors Ltd. At the lauch Mr. Kim, Jong-Shik, President and CEO of Tata Deawoo said that the company was considering shipping the trucks to Europe…… Continue Reading
Japanese truckbrand Isuzu launched the FY series twin steer in Australia. Prime Mover did a first drive with it and here you can read what they think about this big Japanese truck.… Continue Reading
It has been quite a while ago that we heared something about the Volvo FM. There should be something coming for Euro 6, but this is the only photo i found. Is Volvo realy going to use this cab for Euro 6? It looks like the cab sits a litle higher on the frame. Just…… Continue Reading
A Dutch Iepieleaks spie reacted to my posting with a DAF CF Euro 6. He had two of them on a photo. One is a Jansen truck, and that company is also testing a Euro 6 DAF XF. You can see the big Euro 6 unit on the frame, but the rest seems to be the…… Continue Reading
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