Author Archives: Iep van der Meer

New Mahindra truck by Pininfarina

New Mahindra truck by Pininfarina

The legendary Italian designer Pininfarina took the change to design another truck. After the not  verry succesfull Turkish BMC trucks he now worked on a new Mahindra truck. The Indian Mahindra Truck and Bus Division proudly presents the Mahindra Furio Medium truck range. To us it looks like any Asian medium truck and we recomend…Continue Reading

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New Actros on its way!

New Actros on its way!

Mercedes-Benz is going to launch a new generation of the popular Actros during the IAA in Hannover. This truck that was caught on the road in Dresden, Germany. There is a lot covered on this truck, but it definately is an Actros when we look at the chassis. The cab is completely covered but we…Continue Reading

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Mercedes Actros Longline?

Mercedes Actros Longline?

This photo was sent in to Iepieleaks and what we see is a Mercedes-Benz Actros with a streched cab! The longer cab looks like it is based on the Streamspace model in the front end, but the roof seems to raise a bit to the back. Hopefully we get more information soon about this beauty!Continue Reading

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Freightliner competes with Tesla and Nicola

Freightliner competes with Tesla and Nicola

Freightliner has presented the full electric version of the Cascadia Class 8 truck in the USA. This is the answer of Daimler to Tesla and Nikola that presented their electric long haul trucks earlyer. There are no technical details of the new Freightliner, but the power output should be more than 700 Hp compared to…Continue Reading

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Electric Dennis Eagle garbage truck

Electric Dennis Eagle garbage truck

Dennis Eagle has presented a fully electric eCollect garbage truck at the IFTA exhibition in Munich. The truck will be available as a 26-ton 6×2 chassis in a narrow configuration with a 19m³ narrow rear loading body and automatic split-bin lift. The production should begin in 2019. Before production starts Dennis will start field tests…Continue Reading

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New Ford truck caught on photo!

New Ford truck caught on photo!

And there she is, the new heavy Ford truck from Turkey without camouflage! This photo was sent in anonymous but I think it was made at the Ford fascility’s in Turkey. The design of the large cab is modern, and it looks like the designers made a real study of European trucks. There is a…Continue Reading

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BIGtruck online magazine

Bigtruck magazine editie 11 2024

BIGtruck Magazine Kippertest 2024