Paccar, Turnover and proffit down

The Paccar Group, owner of the brands Peterbilt, Kenworth and DAF has published the results of the seccond quarter of this year. The turnover in Q2 was 4,3 billion Dollar, last year that was 4,46 billion. The proffit went down with 5 million dollar to 292 million. In Europe DAF has a marketshare of 15,8…Continue Reading

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Nissan NV200: Chevrolet and Leyland Ashok badge!

The Nissan NV200 is going to be sold as Chevrolet City Express in 2015, but is is also going to be the Ashok Leyland Stile. Ashok Leyland developed the vehicle together with the Nissan Motor Company in a joint venture. It will be built by Nissan at its Oragadam plant near Chennai, India. Offered as…Continue Reading

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Dutch predict great future for LNG trucks

The introduction of LNG (liquefied natural gas) as an alternative, cleaner fuel for road transport, inland waterway transport and coastal shipping is expected to bring an extra 2.7 billion euros in economic growth and 8,000 man years between now and 2030, in the Netherlands. The development of LNG is therefore of strategic importance to the…Continue Reading

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New Volvo FH, American style

Now how about this picture? Yes, it’s a photoshop pic, but what a lovely idea! The new Volvo FH, of course in FH 16.750 trim, with straight bonnet and large fenders, like with the American Volvo VN. We received this picture from one of our many websitefans and it looks the part! Hopefully, Volvo AB…Continue Reading

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700 Milion Euro investment in Sevel plant

Today, Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne presented plans for future activities at the Sevel plant in Atessa (Chieti), where the Ducato Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV) is currently produced. Approximately €700 million is to be invested in the existing facility over 5 years which, together with application of World Class Manufacturing standards, will enable Sevel to further…Continue Reading

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DAF increases production, Mercedes looks for savings

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

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First Scania Streamline on the road

During the introduction of the seccond generation of their Euro-6 engines Scania also presented the Streamline. This new aerodynamic optimized Scania is now being produced, and here is the first one in costumer livery that I saw. The truck is sold in Holland to Hurkens Transport.Continue Reading

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