Author Archives: Iep van der Meer

Mercedes-Benz pickup?

Most brands have a pickup truck in the programm but worlds biggest producer of vans and trucks, Mercedes-Benz doesn’t! The only pickup trucks that MB has are based on the G- or the Sprinter vans. On the internet i found an artist-impression of what could have been a pickup but it is an old drawing.…Continue Reading

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MAN shows new design

MAN shows a glimps of the new design on their own website. They invite people to send in photo’s of the fieldtest trucks to MAN Truckersworld, and that is new! They seem to understand the www.iepieleaks.nl format at MAN, nice action! But please, don’t forget to also send me the photo’s!Continue Reading

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And another Renault!

And here we have even more Renault prototypes! Iepieleaks spie Jonas A. send me these photo’s that he found on Facebook. Jonas was so clever to check the British licence plates and we know for shure now, this is a Renault truck! Thanks for investigating Jonas, and keep up the good work! When we look…Continue Reading

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New Premium?

ThisĀ phone-pic was sent in by Iepieleaks spie Patrick goeyvaerts. He spotted this truck between Herne and Edingen in Belgium today. The truck has a Belgian licence plate and Patrick first thought it was a Volvo but i think it is the new Renault Premium. The truck is lower that other Renault trucks we saw so…Continue Reading

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Clever guys at MAN!

Until now we didn’t have a lot of new MAN trucks but it seems they are now hitting the road with testtrucks of the next generation. So, Iepieleaks spies, keep your eyes and lenses open in the comming months! At MAN they found out about Iepieleaks and they were wondering how to keep the photo’s…Continue Reading

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Mercedes-Benz Antos

Today Mercedes-Benz presented the new Antos series. This is the new Axor, and there are Antos models from 18 tons and up. There are short and 1,5 cabs, zo no sleepers. The Antos comes in Euro5 and Euro6 and there is also a lightweight model, the ‘Loader.’Continue Reading

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New Iveco Stralis!

There it is: the new Iveco Stralis. That is to say: we can see the new grille. No details yet about the possibly changed weight, as we expect this Stralis to be heavier, carrying a relatively big SCR-system. The first picture was sent to us by one of our regular visitors, who got it from…Continue Reading

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Volvo I-See

After Scania and Mercedes-Benz now Volvo introduces an intelligent cruise control with the name I-See. The system learns the route you drive and stores all data. That way the cruise control is able to anticipate on hills the next time you drive the same route. Her’s a nice Youtube introduction movie of Volvo about the…Continue Reading

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New Volvo FM spotted

A while ago i got a reaction from Simon T. Burke who wonders where the new FM is. Well, here it is! It seems that Volvo keeps the old cab for the FM but it is higher placed on the chassis. A nice detail is in the fueltank and the fenders on the rear axles.…Continue Reading

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Renault again!

Truckspotting is fun these days with all that new stuff out there! A few postings ago i showed a truck that could be the next Renault Magnum. This time iepieleaks spie Mattias Petersson spotted the same truck in Helsingborg today. He took this fine photo that shows a lot of detail. Looking at the fueltank…Continue Reading

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