The Mack Granite trucks now come standard with the new mDRIVE HD 13-Speed gearbox. Now that is the Mack name for the I-Shift Crawler gearbox as we know it in Europe. Her is the official release of Mack: GREENSBORO, NC (May 9, 2016) – In response to increasing customer demand, Mack Trucks today announced its…… Continue Reading
Volvo lauched the I-Torque system in 2013 but the only thing that was realy lauches was the I-Shift Dual Clutch. That was one important piece of the I-Torque puzzle but now it looks like the other pieces were also found. On the USA website of Volvo we found the information that the 2017 models will…… Continue Reading
Heineken, the famous Dutch beer is now distributing their products in hometown Amsterdam with eight electric driven trucks. The trucks are produced by Ginaf and are based on Mercedes-Benz Atego trucks.… Continue Reading
Now here is a very modern looking Ural 8×4 truck. The Russian truckbrand is working on a new series of trucks. www.trucksplanet.com says this new truck is based on Chinese components like the suspension, cab and transmission that is combined with a Russian frame and the Russian YaMZ engine.… Continue Reading
Now some scoops are still news because we completely missed them. Here is one we found behind the scenes in the Volvo museum in Gothenburg. What we see here is a rather strange FH of the previous model. The cab sits a lot higher and there is something going on in the front of the…… Continue Reading
Now this is the new Volat heavy transport tractor. A huge 8×8 machine with 16R20 tyres, all wheel drive and ready for 27 ton on the fifth wheel and 90 tons max. We do like the styling of this beast with the nice fenders behind the cab. Underneath there is a Paccar heavy duty engine…… Continue Reading
Volvo Group has presented the first self-driving mining truck. The truck is part of a research and developement programm on autonomous vehicles with the focus on mining. Volvo is especting highere productivity and improved safety. The project is a cooperation between Volvo Group and Saab. The Volvo FMX tipper truck kan drive, navigate and unload…… Continue Reading
The Amarok, the succesfull Volkswagen Pickup is going to be replaced by a new model. Later this year the new Amarok will be presented but here are some artist- impressions of the new design. It looks like VW is going to walk the same design line as with the Caddy and Transporter by adding some…… Continue Reading
Now here is one that we did not see before. One of my Brazilian friends sent me this cropped photo of a Scania proto with the front bumper we know from the construction models. Is this specialy for Latin America or is this the first one of the next construction series of Scania? Thanks for…… Continue Reading
Now here we see the first photo’s of the next Kamaz rallytruck for DAKAR. This year we espected Kamaz to join the DAKAR rally with the bonneted truck but that was not the case. Now these photo’s show the black bonneted truck during testing and that gives us the impression the truck is going to…… Continue Reading
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