Volkswagen Truck & Bus Holding seeks expansion of it’s activities on the US market. Sources confirm that VW intends to buy a 16,6% stake in US truck manufacturer Navistar. VW intends to pay 256 million dollars in this transaction. Recently appointed CEO Andreas Renschler, formerly working at arch rival Daimler, intends to broaden the scope…… Continue Reading
Here’s the first picture of the new Scania, watch our website, for more info later this day. Obviously the grille’s much bigger, which suggests that the new models feature EGR. The front is also more sharply streamlined. The top lights remind us from the DAF XF like many of you say. The dash occupies less…… Continue Reading
Scania’s new truck generation can be equipped with rollover side curtain airbags integrated into the headliner moulding above the doors. Scania says this is a unique solution which has never previously been offered in trucks. Scania’s rollover side curtain airbags provide significantly-enhanced protection for those travelling in the vehicle in the event of a rollover, one…… Continue Reading
When your main competitor comes up with a new truckseries, you have to mak sure that you still get some attention. Here’s why Volvo comes with this. According tot Volvo The Iron Knight is the result of ‘unique’ cooperation between technicians, engineers and designers at Volvo Trucks. With the exception of the engine and its…… Continue Reading
With the MAN TGE, MAN enters the world of transporter vehicles for the first time since the seventies. What started at 7.5 tonnes in the past now has a total permitted weight of 3.0 tonnes. With the TGE, MAN puts a lightweight commercial vehicle on wheels that convinces users who have worked with its big…… Continue Reading
Scania Australia has just built its biggest ever truck, an R 730 V8 8×8 converted to 10×8 specification by adding a tag axle. Qube Bulk, Australia’s leading mine to market logistics provider, will utilise the truck in its Quad Road Train fleet in Pilbara, Australia. These are the largest on-road vehicles in the country and…… Continue Reading
Volkswagen has released first pictures of the new Crafter. The heaviest van of Volkswagen will be built in a brandnew plant in Poland, just outside of Poznan. The new van will have a brother with an MAN badge, soon to be unveiled as well. This MAN will be called the TGE, and we expect this…… Continue Reading
Renault are introducing their own version of a pick-up truck, clealy based on the Nisan Navarra. The new Renault shares the chassis, engines, bodywork and advanced rear wheel suspension. This means that the Renault also gets a 2.3 dCi engine, with a choice of a 160 and a 190 hp version. The Alaskan has independent…… Continue Reading
Well, this is not hard: it is obvious that here, we have a picture of the upcoming new Scania truck. We just wonder if this is what we can expect: A large grille, put forward as if it were growing a nose, and the windscreen kept further to the back. Or is this cab still…… Continue Reading
Construction equipment giant Caterpillar has decided to end it’s truck business. In 2011 Caterpillar started to build it’s own trucks with the help of Navistar, known for it’s International truck brand. Caterpillar appears not prepared to cough up huge investments that are needed to keep it’s line of vocational trucks competitive in the market. Caterpillar…… Continue Reading
Bigtruck magazine editie 11 2024
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