Author Archives: Iep van der Meer

Epic Triumph for Epic Split

Epic Triumph for Epic Split

Volvo Trucks’ Live Test campaign and The Epic Split picked up top prizes at the ‘world cup of advertising’ in Cannes. In all, the campaign – demonstrating innovations of the new truck range – received 20 awards, including eight gold prizes and two prestigious Grand Prix in categories Cyber and Film.   During the spring,…Continue Reading

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European trailermarket: Strong growth expected

European trailermarket: Strong growth expected

Clear International, an automotive consultancy group, has issued a report forecasting the demand for trailers in Western Europe untill 2018. This is the first report since two years that is predicting growth. The forecast for the seven largest economies in Western Europe has improved. The report mentions a growth for this year of 15%. Five…Continue Reading

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Michelin anti landmine tyres

Michelin anti landmine tyres

Michelin showed special tyres on the 2014 Eurosatory Military fair in France. The tyres were developped for the French army and weapon producer MBDA. The tyres are constructed in such a way that they can drive with very low pressure. That way the impact on the soil is lower than a human footstep and that…Continue Reading

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Volvo I-Shift Double Clutch

Volvo I-Shift Double Clutch

Volvo launched the I-Shift with double clutch today. A system that makes shifting even faster than I-Shift already did, and that is the good news. People that drove the new system say the only thing you sense when gears are shifted is that the number of the gears on the display has changed. And off…Continue Reading

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Waiting for the safety nose

Waiting for the safety nose

The EU has decided that there is going to be extra space for streamlining and safety optimalisation on trucks in the near future. In other words, a truck can be made longer to fit those safety and efficiency bonnets and tailflaps. Now the ACEA, the organisation representing the truck manufacturers, say that they need more…Continue Reading

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Scania: 450 Hp non EGR version

Scania: 450 Hp non EGR version

After the succesfull launch of the non-EGR 410 Hp engine Scania is now comming with a non EGR 450 Hp version. The new engine is espected to be launched very soon. Together with Iveco Scania is the only truck brand that builds Euro-6 engines without EGR. That means that no exhaust gasses return to the…Continue Reading

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Smart looking Ural

Smart looking Ural

Now this is the new Russian Ural bonneted truck that was presented in Miass. The truck is build on the chassis frame of the Ural 55571-72M dump truck and it has the cab that was borrowed from Gazelle Next. Ural made new fenders, bonnet and put the Gazelle cab behind it. The result looks very good, especialy on these large…Continue Reading

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