Now here is something special! This is a Thomas, a truck that is produced in Porte Les Valence. The truck is one of a series of trucks for oilfield operations. Therefor it is equiped with a seismo body vibration unit to explore the ground. 12 of these monsters were sent to a Polish company. The…… Continue Reading
After the great Kerax here is an artist impression of the new big Renault truck from the Russian artist Sergey Orlow. I don’t know if he got it all right, but it shure looks impressive. And looking at the grille, he did study the material that Renault showed already! … Continue Reading
And there is another Renault fieldtest truck. For as far as I can see this is the high cab version with the flat floor.… Continue Reading
Iepieleaks spie Richard Ferm from Sweden sent me even more Renault Kerax photo’s. Note that the axles and the hubreduction are from Volvo. My guess is that the complete chassis and driveline are Volvo. Another thing we have just seen on the new FMX is the silencer. This is exactly the same as here on…… Continue Reading
More and more details leak from the new Renault Truck series. Here is a screen shot of a fieldtest truck in.. Cameroon! Renault spent seven years of developement, 5 milion hours of testing and 10 milion kilometers of testing with 300 vehicles. Here are the first interior shots of the new Renault trucks. One photo…… Continue Reading
Renault has been doing field tests with the new Euro-6 generation. In total 50 trucks are driving all over Europe with costumers, and the reviews are very good. That is what CEO Bruno Blin said during a meeting with a group of journalists. Renault is finishing a zeven year developement proces and is now ready…… Continue Reading
Now what is this? It looks like the new Renault Kerax that Iepieleaks spie Jonas A spotted in Sweden. It looks like the photo’s were made on a test track, but in fact it is the Motorway E6 outside Helsingborg. The 8×4 truck has the new Renault cab. The detail of the roofline, bending up…… Continue Reading
The EU has proposed new regulations for truck dimensions, which have just been sent to the Parliament. The proposed extra length is meant to improve air resistance, and it might be added at the front and at the rear of the truck combination. Also trucks are allowed to be a little wider to allow sideskirts…… Continue Reading
For those that are a bit worried that the new Renault trucks are not going to have a ‘Magnum-like’ spacious cab there is news. Yes, the biggest new Renault truck has a flat floor! This information came to me by someone who had a sneak look in the cab. And no, not in the truck…… Continue Reading
And while we are waiting for the Renault here are some more shots that show some details. On the rearwall of the cab we can see clearly that this is not the Volvo cab. That one has a completely different rear panel in the cab.… Continue Reading
Bigtruck magazine editie 11 2024
BIGtruck Magazine Kippertest 2024
