One of my Iepieleaks spies just sent me this photo of a new DAF XF. The truck was spotted in the UK. Though it has the orange colour it doesn’t have the stiping of the demo’s. It is a 6×2 tractor unit with the steering wheel on the right. Probably it is a fieldtest truck.… Continue Reading
The new Mercedes-Benz Arocs also has a special heavy duty version named Grounder. This truck is optimalised for heavy offroad jobs. Here’s the introduction movie of the Arocs Grounder: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R652F2yufE&w=560&h=315] … Continue Reading
On www.eurotransport.de i found an item that suggests that Scania will show the new V8 engines for Euro 6. On the IAA Scania announched the new 16 liter V8 engines with 520, 580 and 730 Hp to arrive ‘in 2013’ and that is the year we live in now. A telephone call to Scania did’nt…… Continue Reading
On the Bauma exhibition in Munich MAN will launch their Euro 6 construction vehicles. Here is the first photo of the new MAN truck. The trucks come with outputs from 320 to 480 Hp and with a torque of 1600 until 2300 Nm. The Euro 6 versions will be 200 kilo heavier than the Euro…… Continue Reading
Now here is a much better picture of the new FH16 heavy transport tractor of Torben Rafn. It is remarkable what colours can do on a truck. On the introduction vehicles the grille looks a bit odd but this is a great truck! The only thing I don’t like are the blue lights on the…… Continue Reading
Mercedes-Benz is going to launch the new Atego series on the CV Show in Birmingham in April, and on the Bauma exhibition in Munich. Today we got the first ‘artist impressions’ of the new Atego and they look prommising. The Euro 6 atego comes with seven different enging outputs and it has several novilties on…… Continue Reading
Now here is a question for the car- and truck industrie. What makes a vacuum cleaner of about 100 Euro’s more clever than a ‘plug in hybrid’ car, van or truck? It is in the cable! Imagine that you are a night out with your plugin hybrid car, let’s say to a theatre. When you…… Continue Reading
On Facebook.com I found this photo of the new FH16 with an extra long Globetrotter cab. I think it is a Phothoshop creation but it does rais the question, is ther going to be an extended version for Australia? And if that is the case, will it be on the market in European countries? On the…… Continue Reading
Daimler was for 15% owner of Kamaz but at the end of last year the Germans got a bigger share. In the new Kamaz trucks we find Mercedes-Benz axles, engines and even cabs. Kamaz now uses the OM457 engine and bus engines from Mercedes. The diesel engines come as Euro5. Also there ar gas engines…… Continue Reading
Before the end of this year Toyota comes with the ProAce van. In fact this is a rebadged Sevel van that we know from Fiat, Citroën and Peugeot. It is clear that the Hi-Ace was no big succes on the European market and that is why the Japanese went shopping in Europe. The ProAce comes…… Continue Reading
Bigtruck magazine editie 1 2025
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