Author Archives: Iep van der Meer

Atego is coming soon!

After the Actros, Antos and Arocs we are now waiting for the new Mercedes-Benz Atego series. we still have to wait a few weeks before Mercedes-Benz is going to launch, but here is a glimpse of the news. We espect the same cab as the old Atego, but with new interiors and a new front…Continue Reading

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New Cargo 1846T on the road

Last year Ford Otosan presented the new Cargo 1846T. The new truck was suprisingly enough one of the contenders in the European Truck of the Year competition, but as we know the Iveco Hi-Way won. Now the first trucks are out on the road and the Turkisch people can get used to the new looks…Continue Reading

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Bharat Benz: succes in India

The new Bharat Benz heavy-duty is a big succes in India. In three months there were 1000 units sold! From the start of sales on September 26, 2012 until the year-end, Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) sold 1,098 heavy-duty trucks between 25 and 31 tons. Furthermore, the heavy-duty truck with a vehicle weight of 31…Continue Reading

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Ginaf HydroAxle+

Ginaf is a Dutch manufactor of special trucks for construction and mining. They work mainly with DAF components, but add different axles, gearboxes and transfer cases. The latest developement is the HydroAxle+. an hydraulic driven front axle. The system was developped together with Bosch Rexroth. Here is a nice animation of how it works.  [youtube…Continue Reading

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USA: Manipulating emissions is expensive!

In the USA a company that sold software to manipulate boardcomputers got a very high penalty. The software was mainly built in to diesel powered pick-up trucks were the partikel filter was removed. The software mislead the computers that monitor the emissions so the readings were normal. The system was sold for Ford, GM and…Continue Reading

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More Renault details

We have seen a lot of scoop photo’s of the new Renault trucks and here are som more from the Norwegian website Tungt. The photo’s show details of the back of the cab and the front and the Norwegian colleges speculate about the amount of Volvo parts and panels in the cab. For as far as I…Continue Reading

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Official: Ram Promaster

On the Chicago Motorshow the Ram Promaster is presented. It is a rebranded Fiat Ducato and it comes with a 3,6 liter V6 petrol engine or with Fiat’s 3.0 diesel.     For much more details and a video about this Ram Promaster van, click on the ‘Read more’ button!  Continue Reading

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New DAF XF in the UK

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

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Arocs Grounder

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

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Scania V8 Euro 6 on Bauma?

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

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