Daimlers step to actively produce and sell trucks of an entirely new brand in India has proved successful. In just eighteen months time Daimler has sold 10.000 trucks on the Indian market. This market is being dominated by two brands, Tata and Ashok Leyland. Together they have a marketshare of just over eighty percent. Number…… Continue Reading
The new SLT models of Mercedes-Benz look great with the large polyester side fenders that cover up all the technical stuff behind the cab. It is the first time a brand realy made a nice design for a heavy transport vehicle, and the Merdedes-Benz design team did a great job. Here are some design studies that resulted in the…… Continue Reading
The new Unimog is here. The first vehicles of the Unimog BlueTec 6 generation with Euro VI engines and other key innovations launched this spring have now been delivered. The international specialist press has the opportunity to try out the new Unimog range and become familiar with different implement combinations at the testing ground in…… Continue Reading
On the occasion of the 19th international transport exhibition “Fenatran”, which was held in São Paulo, Brazil, Daimler Trucks is announcing a new millions-heavy investment package for the commercial vehicle plants of Mercedes-Benz do Brasil. This happens right after the first Brazilian assembled DAF truck left the brand new Paccar assembly plant in Ponta Grossa. Daimler plans to…… Continue Reading
Mercedes has agreed to deliver no less than 2884 construction trucks to the Ministery of Agricultural Affairs in Brazil. The trucks feature the old Ecoliner cab and are badged ‘Atron’. They are equipped with three axles and they look relatively simple, as has to be the case in vast areas with not too many roads…… Continue Reading
The new Mercedes-Benz SLT is launched, and when I got this photo I was a bit confused. This looks like a short day cab, but some of the comments made me have a second look at the photo. Now it may look like a daycab, it is not! This is the narrow, 2,3 metres wide…… Continue Reading
Iepieleaks spie Alex Miedema of Buzzybeeforum.nl sent me these photo’s he shot this morning on Autobahn 81. It is a new Vito with a higher nose. It does look like a complete new body to me. Thanks Alex!… Continue Reading
A launch of a new truck is always a big thing, but it is hard to come up with something original. Mercedes-Benz did it this way with the Arocs construction vehicles. Good idea to have construction machines take the sheet of the truck! [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT5lLyOzJZI&w=560&h=315]… Continue Reading
DAF Trucks will increase it’s truck production from 164 trucks per day to 184 trucks by the end of August upcoming. DAF reports increasing interest from customers in it’s newly introduced generation of Euro 6 trucks. To cope with the production increase, DAF looks to reinforce it’s workforce with 200 newly to recruit people. In…… Continue Reading
Bigtruck magazine editie 11 2024
BIGtruck Magazine Kippertest 2024
