Author Archives: Iep van der Meer

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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Production stop Scania V8

Production stop Scania V8

The production of Scania V8 models comes to a temporary end due to problems with the German supplier of the engineblocks. There were some rumours about this but now there are official letters sent to costumers that orders will be delayed and the order intake is stopped for the time being. As reason for the…Continue Reading

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Another glimpse of the new Ford

Another glimpse of the new Ford

The new Ford heavy truck that is going to be revealed at the IAA 2018 in Hannover is going to be a big suprise. How often does it happen that a new brand comes to the European market with a new product? We are very anctious to see the new truck and here is another…Continue Reading

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4th ‘nextgen’ Scania T produced by Vlastuin

4th ‘nextgen’ Scania T produced by Vlastuin

Dutch company Vlastuin has build the fourth ‘Nextgen’ bonneted Scania for Geurts Trucks. The truck is based on a Scania S650 Highline and is being rebuild by Vlastuin. The cab is set back and the bonnet is Vlastuin’s own design. The design of the artwork is inspired by the trucks of Svempas from Sweden. These…Continue Reading

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MAN: New engines for TGX and TGS

MAN: New engines for TGX and TGS

MAN is presenting the new D15 engine platform later this year. The nine liter 400 Hp engine is replacing the current D20. The new D15 is smaller, lighter and has less swept volume. That seems like another step towards less CO2 emissions. The D15 engine is already on the market in MAN busses and coaches.…Continue Reading

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New information and a photo without camouflage of the new Ford! The picture was sent in but it looks like an official teaser from Ford. The truck is produced by Otosan in Turkey. Ford Trucks is working on a European dealernetwork that starts this year. The European distribution of parts will take place from Poland…Continue Reading

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New Ford heavytruck at IAA Hannover

New Ford heavytruck at IAA Hannover

The photo’s we showed before on Iepieleaks are now confirmed to be the next heavy Ford truck from Turkey. The Ford company now officialy anounched the lounch of the new heavytruck during the IAA in Hannover, later this year. The new truck is a real European heavy duty long distance truck with a spacious cab…Continue Reading

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Scania T Nextgen in production

Scania T Nextgen in production

Dutch truckspecialist Vlastuin in Renswoude has started the production of the bonneted Scania ‘nextgen’ trucks. At this moment 12 trucks are sold and there are already three of them on the road. Vlastuin is now considering a second version of the new Scania T model. The first one is based on the S- cab with…Continue Reading

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Hino Profia presented

Hino Profia presented

Japanese truckmanufactorer Hino has presented the Profia heavy tractor. The trucks come with tow engines: There is the 8,9 litre sixpot turbodiesel with 355 Hp and 1570 Nm of torque. Also there is a 12,9 litre six-cilinder with 470 or 530 Hp and a max torque of 2160 Nm. There are manual and automatic gearboxes available.Continue Reading

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BIGtruck online magazine

Bigtruck magazine editie 11 2024

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