Now this shot was taken minutes ago in Urk, hometown of one of the Iepieleaks Squadron. It shows the interior on the passanger side. It shows big lockers above the windscreen and also it shows that Volvo managed to make a nice big gap between the A-pilar and the mirrors. Now that is good news,…… Continue Reading
The seccond DAF XT105 is ready! DAF dealer De Burgh from Eindhoven just delivered the seccond bonneted DAF to A.Jansen. For the moment is will stay that way and it is not clear if there are going to be more of these bonneted DAF trucks. This photo…… Continue Reading
Daimler Trucks North America presents a test result in the area of alternative drive systems. For the first time, a natural gas-fueled Freightliner Cascadia completed a tour from San Diego to Washington D.C. (approximately 2,700 miles), interrupted only by refueling stops every 350 to 500 miles. The CNG truck (CNG = compressed natural gas) only…… Continue Reading
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIZLod43yBY] Ford shows how they test the doors of the new Transit series. It looks a bit like an Ikea testmethod to me but it seems to work!… Continue Reading
On www.truckstar.nl I found this shot of the interior of the new Volvo trucks. The flat part on the dash has to be cammouflage but i think the position of the I-Shift is a real suprise. Every other manufactorer moved the gearbox functions to the steering column but in this testtruck it is still in the…… Continue Reading
MAN Trucks has a strategic agreement with CNHTC, and that is the Chinese company that builds HOWO trucks. New is the C7H model that has the MAN TGA cab with a different front. According to www.trucksplanet.com this model may be launched on the IAA exhibition in Hannover in september.… Continue Reading
Last weekend one of the Iepieleaks SpieSquad found this Chinese Howo Sinotruck in Eindhoven! And no, it wasn’t at the DAF but the truck was standing on the premisses of Prins Autogassystems. The truck has the old Volvo FL cab and the grille looks a bit like an Actros. Prins is working on alternative fuels…… Continue Reading
Iepieleaks follower and truckspotter Robert-Jan Onderwater spotted this Euro6 DAF truck today. He saw it comming up in his mirror and he new instantly that there was something about this white DAF. He was right! The front is slightly different to cammouflage the bigger cab hight but the most important difference is on the back…… Continue Reading
Genlyon presents this new heavy truck on the ‘Auto China 2012’ exhibition. The truck is based on the Iveco Stralis. Genlyon is a joint-venture with Iveco and FTP. China is important for Iveco. Last year half of all Iveco vehicles produced were sold in China. In total that were 143 thousend vehicles!… Continue Reading
And another Volvo truck, still with all the cammouflage on. These were send in by Paul van der Hoek, one of my Iepieleaks spies. I wonder when this new generation is going to be presented. I assume the trucks will make their debut on the…… Continue Reading
Bigtruck magazine editie 7 2025
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