Author Archives: Iep van der Meer

Scania, new stuff coming!

In the last weeks there are a lot of Scania scoop photo’s. I found some on the net, and other photo’s were sent by Iepieleaks spies from all over Europe. It is not Always clear where they found the photo’s or where they made them, but these are intersting enough! Some material I found is…Continue Reading

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Small Scania's coming?

On this photo we see a Scania test truck and this looks like a medium size truck. Word is that Scania and MAN are developing a small truck but that would be an even smaller truck up to 6,5 ton. This looks more like a 12 ton truck to me. For the engines Scania is working…Continue Reading

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Heavy Tata truck

Another news item from the Auto Expo New Dehli is this Tata LPS 4923 with lift axle. This heavy tractor is built for a GVW of 49 tons. The truck weighs 8580 kg and it has a 213 Hp diesel engine. The design looks like an old Mercedes cab and very outdated. (Source: www.trucksplanet.com)Continue Reading

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Tata Prima on LNG

At the Auto Expo 2014 in New Dehli Tata introduced the Tata Prima 4032 LNG. This truck runs on Liquified Natural Gas and it is powered by a Cummins ISLG 320 LNG Engine. This engine gives 320 hp at 2,100 revs and 1,365 Nm of torque at 1,300 revs. The transmission is a 9-speed manual gearbox. The truck is…Continue Reading

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Fiat Ducato facelift

Acourding to www.trucker.de Fiat is working on a facelift of the Ducato. The Ducato is the Fiat version of the Sevel van that is also marketed as the Peugeot Boxer and the Citroën Jumper. The expertation is that the new trio is going to be launched at the IAA later this year. Source: www.trucker.deContinue Reading

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Military version of VW Worker

The Volkswagen factory in Resende, Brazil, manufacturer of VW and MAN trucks and buses, will produce more than 100,000 Volkswagen Constellation trucks for defense departments in 2014. The armed forces of Brazil already use earlier versions of the Volkswagen Worker 4×4 and 6×4. VW Constellation 31.320 is the first 6×6 military truck made in Brazil, which…Continue Reading

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Iveco Daily on test

Today I got this photo from one of the Iepieleaks truck driving spie squad. It seems to be a new Iveco Daily that is making some test kilometres. We have to wait and see when this one comes out.Continue Reading

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DAF LF Aerobody

DAF Trucks in introducing the Aerobody for the 12 ton LF. This truck can be ordered with this streamlined Paccar body. In combination with a special designed spoiler- and fender kit this leads to significant savings of fuel and CO2 in the distribution. The box has an aerodynamic shaped roof and all the corners are…Continue Reading

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Testing in progress at Scania

Now there was a lot of action on the Scania scoop that popped up everywhere this week. It was a photo of a test truck with a camouflaged cab that was running somewhere in the snow. Earlier I showed the completely wrapped trucks that were on their way from Holland to Sweden. Now this convoy…Continue Reading

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