Author Archives: Iep van der Meer

Scania design still a secret

Scania design still a secret

Now everybody is speculating about the new Scania and this photo spreads like wildfire over Facebook. They do look good but this is not the new Scania design. These are ‘artist impressions’ that were well made but this can’t be for real. Take a close look at the one that was photographed under a camouflage…Continue Reading

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Kraz 8×4 with Renault cab

Kraz 8×4 with Renault cab

The Ukrainian truckbrand Kraz has presented the new 8×4 truck with the type Kraz 7233C4. The truck has a Renault Premium cab from the first generation. The engine is a Russian YAMZ 6501 engine, based on an old Renault design. Other options are Chinese Weichai and Turkish Ford engines. The gearbox is said to be…Continue Reading

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Scania Crown Edition

Scania Crown Edition

Scania seems to be launching the ‘Crown Edition’ of the Scania Streamline series. Seems to be, because the only thing we could find was this Youtube video. Now this could be the final version of the excisting model range before the launch of the new Scania. That launch is expected just before this summer. Fieldtest…Continue Reading

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Volvo ‘The Hook’ also for FH models

Volvo ‘The Hook’ also for FH models

Volvo Trucks made a lot of publicity about ‘The Hook’ on the Volvo FMX models. The central towing point in the FMX has a capacity of 32 tons and that was demonstrated in a nice Youtube movie. New is that Volvo is now working on a similar central towing hook for the FH and FH16…Continue Reading

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Some more Scania details

Some more Scania details

The news about the new Scania series is well hidden. Here are some closer details of the bodywork that show that everything we see now is camouflage. Even the doorhandles are fake and look like the old ones. I think we are realy in for a big surprise when the real thing is presented later…Continue Reading

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Scania interior photo’s

Scania interior photo’s

The news about the new Scania is something that keeps us busy here at Iepieleaks. Now some other sources claim they have the very first interior shots of the next generation but we published these pictures already in march 2014! So, always remember where you saw the real news first! What we see is that…Continue Reading

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New MAZ heavy trucks

New MAZ heavy trucks

MAZ Trucks from Russia has showed their latest model, the 5th generation of the 6312M7 6×4 chassis. With the new six-cilindre Euro-6 engine and the new cab design with in this case a low roof this is the latest model of MAZ. The truck is fitted with the Mercedes-Benz OM470 engine, good for 428 Hp.…Continue Reading

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What will happen in 2016?

What will happen in 2016?

A new year full of news is laying ahead and this could be an interesting year. Not only the new Scania is going to be revealed, also we espect news from Iveco, Mercedes-benz and MAN. So there must be a lot of prototypes running around, keep your eyes open and keep sending in the photo’s…Continue Reading

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