More than 35 years after the debut of “Smokey and the Bandit,” Western Star fans are paying tribute to the classic movie with its newest star, “Bandit”, the “Design Our Star Project: Part II” show truck. The 2017 5700XE was built from the ground up by fans and customers, who selected the truck model, application,…… Continue Reading
Navistarannounched their SuperTruck demonstration vehicle, CatalIST last wednesday. This truck achieved a freight efficiency improvement of 104 percent and that is more than double the 50 percent goal set by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for its SuperTruck program. Against a 2009 base line model truck, the CatalIST Supertruck achieved a fuel economy of 13 miles…… Continue Reading
Kenworth introduced a more streamlined T680 truck with a day-cab for pickup and delivery and regional tansport. The truck is optimized in aerodynamics and is powered by the Paccar MX13 or MX11 engines. These engines come In combination with the Eaton Fuller automatised transmission with the fuel efficient Meritor MT40-14 drive axles rated at 40.000…… Continue Reading
The Volvo Supertruck is a concept truck that saves fuel, takes more cargo and has a lot of interesting things on board for the future. The U.S. Department of Energy’s SuperTruckprogram is a cost-shared, public-private partnership that promotes research and development to improve the freight-hauling efficiency of heavy-duty Class 8 long-haul tractor-trailer trucks. The program aims…… Continue Reading
Peterbilt Motors Company recently announced. “Peterbilt’s Model 567 Heritage. A model that is a tribute to the original Peterbilt trucks with the narrow cab and the big exhaust stacks behind the doors. This classic look is like a retro truck that should apeal owner-operators in the USA. The Model 567 Heritage is configured with a…… Continue Reading
Later this week Iveco will launch the latest heavy truck model, the XP series. It will not be a new cab altough people do speculate on that. Even the Italian media is saying that the truck will look like the Glider we saw on the IAA but we think the changes are only small. There…… Continue Reading
The Mack Granite trucks now come standard with the new mDRIVE HD 13-Speed gearbox. Now that is the Mack name for the I-Shift Crawler gearbox as we know it in Europe. Her is the official release of Mack: GREENSBORO, NC (May 9, 2016) – In response to increasing customer demand, Mack Trucks today announced its…… Continue Reading
Volvo lauched the I-Torque system in 2013 but the only thing that was realy lauches was the I-Shift Dual Clutch. That was one important piece of the I-Torque puzzle but now it looks like the other pieces were also found. On the USA website of Volvo we found the information that the 2017 models will…… Continue Reading
Nissan is picking up on selling vans again in Europe. The next NV300 for the European market is going to be another kloon of the succesfull Renault Trafic van. Production will start this year in Sandouville. That means the production will grow with about 100.000 units until 2026. The plant produces the Renault Trafic, Opel…… 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
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