Author Archives: Iep van der Meer

Renault fieldtest movie

One of the fieldtest drivers for Renault made a nice movie about his adventures with his camouflaged truck. Now, after the launch he could publish it on Youtube. Here is the movie!   [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkbOv0SVdrU&w=560&h=315]Continue Reading

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Japanese powered Volvo and Renault trucks

Volvo and Renault used to buy their engines for the distribution trucks at Deutz in Germany. For the new Volvo FL and FE and the new Renault Trucks D-series the engines are now produced in Japan at UD Trucks. UD Trucks. This company, the former Nissan Diesel is fully owned by Volvo since 2007. The new…Continue Reading

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Hyundai Xcient on Youtube

A few weeks ago Hyundai launched the new Xcient heavy truck on the Seoel Motor Show. Now here is a Youtube video that shows the new truck in detail. Also it shows some winter testing material during tests in Finland, last winter. Now, after having seen the previous Trago models, this looks like a giant…Continue Reading

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Extra heavy duty Ford for Brazil

Ford has introduced an extra heavy duty version of the new Cargo for the Brazilian market. The truck has a capacity of 54 ton. With this truck, Ford will begin to compete in the extra heavy-duty segment, which is new for the brand, and will complement its commercial vehicle lineup – already one of Brazil’s…Continue Reading

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Terberg for the heavy stuff

Dutch truck manufactorer Terberg is known for their ferry tractors that are used all over the world in ports. This company also builds Terberg Trucks, based on Volvo components. Specialty of Terberg are heavy construction trucks with a wide-spread and steering rear axle configuration. A truck with five axles and this system is allowed to…Continue Reading

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New Renault Trucks, production started?

Just one week after the launch I got this photo, and that looks like serie production. Did they realy start already producing the new trucks? Other brands took more than half a year after the launch before production started. On the other hand, Renault was the last to introduce, so they need to rev up…Continue Reading

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Building Volvo FH

Driving a modern truck you have no clou how much effort it took to build it. A few years ago I was able to build my own FH in the Volvo plant in Gent, so I do know what it takes. Volvo now made a press release that tells everything about the production of a…Continue Reading

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New Renault in silver

The new Renault Trucks were presented last week in a strange, military green colour. That gave the truck a look that could not make me decide if I liked it or not.. Now here is the new top model of the range in silver, and that looks much better!Continue Reading

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