Fiat is launching the ‘Fullback’ pickup truck. The new Fiat is based on the Mitsubishi L200 pickup. With this new pickup Fiat is now joining Volkswagen, Ford, Renault and Nissan in the pickup segment. After these also Mercedes-Benz is joining in the pickup leage later on with their version of the Nissan-Renault pickup. Plan is…… Continue Reading
Like in the eighties and nineties of the past century, Volkswagen and MAN intend to cooperate in heavy vans. Volkswagen are developing a brandnew Crafter after the cooperation with Mercedes in the heavy van segment stalled. Mercedes prefers to cooperate with Renault, leaving VW with the obligation to develop something entirely new in a completely…… Continue Reading
Next year Volkswagen will present the all new Volkswagen Crafter van series. The model that is on the market now was produced and designed together with Mercedes-Benz but the next generation will be a Volkswagen design. At the moment the building of the new factory in Poland is in progress. This new Volkswagen van will…… Continue Reading
Ginaf is about to deliver the first full electrical driven 44 tonn truck for public roads. The ‘Dura Truck’ is based on the Mercedes-Benz Antos tractor unit and will be used in the Groningen area. The truck has a capacity of driving 60 km on one charge. That is more than enough for this truck that will be…… Continue Reading
In Amsterdam the BedrijfsautoRAI 2015 is going on at the moment. Untill tomorrow, saturday the 24th the exhibition will be open untill 17.00 hour. One of the highlights is the Kenworth T680 that BIGtruck parked in front of the building.… Continue Reading
Mercedes-Benz is launching a new model Actros in Brazil. The South American markets don’t get the latest version of the Actros as we know it, but an update of the previous model. Let’s call it the MP3 model. There are three types, all with the OM460LA six in line engine with the Powershift transmission. The…… Continue Reading
Now here is something special. Mack has completed its most expensive build on Australian soil with a customised Super-Liner on its way to Malaysia’s Sultan of Johor. The bespoke truck features a luxury leisure deck, gold-thread embroidery, a golden tiger hood ornament from Wallace Bishop and a specially-designed sleeper unit 80 per cent larger than…… Continue Reading
Now here is something special. Dutch vehicle constructor Veldhuizen Wagenbouw has designed a trailer that can be mounted fixed to a DAF 8×4 rigid. The result is something that looks like a five axled rigid but in fact it is a tractor-trailer combination. Therefore the total weight is up to 40 tonnes in most countries,…… Continue Reading
In Norway this Scania was shot by Tungt.no, The cab is very high and this must be the flat floor version that Scania is preparing. The licence p[late says it is a R580 so there must be a V8 engine underneath the cab. On the photo there seems to be less camouflage than before. The…… Continue Reading
With the Manoovr Dutch trailerbuilder Nooteboom presents a new ultra low semi-lowloader with pendle axles. The floor heigt dropped 70 mm to a world record ‘all time low’ of only 780 mm. The MANOOVR Multi-PL is the latest generation of Nooteboom semi low-loaders. Unique features are the ultra-low floor height and the high maximum permissible…… Continue Reading
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