Chevrolet enters a new marketsegment, that of light vans. The Ameircans didn’t develop their own light version, nor did they look for such a solution in Europe, as Chrysler did. Chevy will sell the Nissan NV200, with a true Chevy face, as this picture shows. The Chevy-made-by-Nissan will be named City Express. It receives a…… Continue Reading
The Dutch truck manufacturer GINAF shows the new Euro-6 face. It is no surprise that the new generation has the new DAF looks, but with a different grill and the redesigned GINAF logo. Apart from manufacturing heavy construction vehicles with GVW’s of up to 90 tonnes, GINAF also produces all sorts of special configurations for…… Continue Reading
The Dutch Army has signed a contract for 1667 Volkswagen 4-Motion Amarok pickup trucks. The Amarok is going to be the new standard allround offroad vehicle for the Dutch defence forces. There is a service and maintanance contract with VW for the 4×4 vehicles. The Volkswagen Amarok has the 140 Hp TDI engine, the 4-Motion…… Continue Reading
At the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, Dongfeng shows new trucks which show improvements in electronics and in after treatment systems. The Chinese NS 4 exhaust gas regulations are a challenge for the Chinese truck industry but marketleader Dongfeng shows it can comply. The truck shown in the picture also has improved brake electronics. There’s now…… Continue Reading
Fiat, Peugeot and Citroën have revealed their sixth generation of stylish vans which are produced under the Sevel cooperation of the three brands. Iepieleaks already showed a spy pic recently, which apparantly showed the right vehicle. The new Fiat Ducato, Peugeot Boxer and Citroën Jumper come with a truckload of features, among them a tablet…… Continue Reading
At the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition truckbrand SAIC Iveco Hongyan launched an LNG version of the Jieshi truck which has a range of up to one thousand kilometres. This achievement is being realised by mounting larger fuel tanks on the truck chassis. According to our sources, the Jieshi consists of a lot of Iveco technology,…… Continue Reading
Renault Trucks comes with the possibility to order two of it’s Euro VI engines destined for the D-series trucks, as suitable for the use biodiesel. Renault offers, the DTI5 240 hp and the DTI8 320 hp, on three of its Euro 6 range trucks compatible with Biodiesel. This can either be 30% of the entire…… Continue Reading
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
American engine supplier Cummins has developed an engine series specifically destined for the Chinese and similar non-US markets. Called the G-Series, the new engines, which come in displacements of eleven and twelve litres, will be mounted firstly in Chinese Foton Auman GTL trucks (pic left). The new engines have a slimmer design and make do…… Continue Reading
And here’s the first picture of the new Iveco Daily! Everything on the new Daily is bigger than on the previous types, Iveco says. New models go up to 18 and 20 cubic metres! They will be produced in the well known plants in Italy and Spain. The Daily still has the unique ‘truck’ chassis…… Continue Reading
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