Author Archives: Iep van der Meer

Turkish BMC testing next generation truck

Turkish BMC testing next generation truck

Turkish website ‘magazinulasim.com’ has published this photo of what they say is a new BMC truck. This looks like a big truck for international transport, and that is a new segment for the BMC truck company. BMC used to be British but is now a Turkish company. The company is building the ‘Professional’ truck that…Continue Reading

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Chinese SAIC Maxus EV80 for Europe

Chinese SAIC Maxus EV80 for Europe

The LDV Maxus is a British design that did not succeed in Europe. The design was sold several times and now the Chinese make the comeback to Europe possible with this van. The SAIC company produces the Maxus now as an electric vehicle with the name EV80. The European branche of SAIC is in Luxemburg…Continue Reading

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And even more Scania news!

And even more Scania news!

On the last Scania post about the ‘Lowrider’ we got a very interesting comment from Germany. The blue truck is sayd to be a P-sleepercab with low roof. But our German friend has more to tell: In the Scania test vehicle fleet there are several vehicles with the flat roof option. The white tractor on…Continue Reading

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MAN 2018 facelift

MAN 2018 facelift

MAN trucks seems to come with an update, of facelift if you want, of the TGX models. We’ve seen some camouflaged test trucks and here is an artist impression of the news. The first thing that we see is that MAN did nog change the mirrors of the truck. They are still to big and…Continue Reading

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Scania lowrider?

Scania lowrider?

One of our readers spotted these trucks in Borlange, Sweden. We thought we’ve seen all the Scania news but we never saw this version before. It looks like a G- sleepercab with low roof. It does look like a lowrider this way! Interesting is also the four-axled S500. The G- highroof sleeper has a covered…Continue Reading

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Six tyres on one axle!

Six tyres on one axle!

Veldhuizen Wagenbouw has developed a new trailer axle that combines a very low hight with a high axle load. The wheels are fitted with 155/70R12 tyres. This is made possible with a special wheel design. The axle load of these axles is 5 tonnes, which makes them intersting for transporting high vehicles in countries where…Continue Reading

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Daimler shows artist impression of new Sprinter

Daimler shows artist impression of new Sprinter

During the North American Commercial Vehicle Show, NACV Daimler has presented the first glimps of the new Sprinter. The design sketch indicates that the most important market launch in the van sector in 2018 will also set new standards in terms of appearance. After the divorce in the production between the VW Crafter and the Sprinter Daimler had to…Continue Reading

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Kamaz with Actros cab.

Kamaz with Actros cab.

At the commercial vehicles exhibition COMTRANS 2017, KAMAZ showed a prototype of a new heavy duty tractor called KAMAZ 54901. We did show the truck before but this picture of the truck in the real world gives a better impression. The truck has the Actros cab with a new designed grille. KAMAZ plans to start…Continue Reading

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Turkish- Chinese Ford trucks on test

Turkish- Chinese Ford trucks on test

We got these photo’s from one of our friends who tells us that these are the Turkish Ford trucks, being tested by a Chinese company, the Jiangling Motor Corporation. This company builds lightweight trucks but now they are working on a heavy truck together with the Turkish Ford brand. The trucks are going to be sold…Continue Reading

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