Now here is something special that was hidden for very long. One of my Russian Iepieleaks fans sent me this photo of a rather strange Scania prototype that was shot in 2010. It is a cab with a flat floor but it looks like Scania used a standard Highline cab that was rebuilt. When you…… Continue Reading
The launch of the new Scania series now only is a few months away. We espect Scania to show the truck to the press this summer. After that the expertation is that the big show premiere will be at the IAA exhibition in Hannover at the end of September. Now all this is just speculation but…… Continue Reading
At the BAUMA 2016 show BAS Mining Trucks from Holland will present their Volvo FH16 12×6 dumptruck. The massive truck is built together with Dutch constructor Terberg. The axles are original Volvo exept for the first driven axle which is from Sisu. Of the four rear axles the last one is non-driven. Two axles are…… Continue Reading
Nissan is picking up on selling vans again in Europe. The next NV300 for the European market is going to be another kloon of the succesfull Renault Trafic van. Production will start this year in Sandouville. That means the production will grow with about 100.000 units until 2026. The plant produces the Renault Trafic, Opel…… Continue Reading
And again two photo’s of field test Scania trucks were sent in. This time a very acurate truckdriver caught the truck in his mirror and while it was overtaking him. Dont let the camouflage fool you because that makes it look like the cab we all know. What is realy new is the flat floor…… Continue Reading
PACCAR Inc, parent company of DAF Trucks N.V., announced that Preston Feight has been promoted to the position of president of DAF Trucks N.V, effective April 1, 2016. Preston Feight is succeeding Harrie Schippers, who has been promoted to PACCAR senior vice president with responsibility for DAF Trucks and PACCAR Parts at the corporate office…… Continue Reading
The biggest Tatra truck ever built, this massive eight axled vehicle. Now for the correct info, this is a 16×8 configuration but Tatra is letting us know that a 16×16 truck is just as simple to build as this one when the market demands it. It was built for the German manufactorer Streicher Drilling Technology.…… Continue Reading
International just launched the new construction vehicles with the name HX series. They come with two different engines, the 13 liter MAN licenced ‘Navistar” engine and the 15 liter Cummins. Engine outputs are up to 430 HP for the Navistar N13 and up to 600 Hp for the Cummins ISX 15 liter engine. Depending on…… Continue Reading
On www.trucksplanet.com we found this information about a Ural rally truck. According to sports director of “GAS Raid Sport team, Vyacheslav Subbotin: “In the following year we will present a race version of Ural Next with YaMZ-780 engine. This truck will allow us to race together with such teams as the “KAMAZ-Master” and teams of…… Continue Reading
The Mercedes-Benz Zetros is now available with more powerfull engines for not Euro-6 markets. At first the Zetros only was available with the small engines but now it also commes with the 12 liter six-pot from the previous Axor models. The power output for these engines is 326 or 428 Hp with max 2100 Nm of…… Continue Reading
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