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DAF XF105 Fleet Truck of the Year 2013
During the ‘Motor Transport Awards 2013’ in London DAF Trucks got the ‘Fleet Truck of the Year 2013’ Award with the DAF XF105 ATe. For DAF this was the 17th time they won this award, and that is more than any other truckbrand. The jury came to this conclusion because of the comfort and efficiency…… Continue Reading
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Kraker moving floor, popular in Eastern Europe
Since several years, the Dutch trailer brand ‘Kraker Trailers’ is active on the Eastern European market, with dealers in Poland and since recently also in Russia. According to SPC, Kraker’s Polish dealer, the success of the Kraker vehicles on the Eastern European market can be explained easily: The quality of the vehicles is excellent. “Kraker…… Continue Reading
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Hyundai Xcient spotted in Rotterdam
One of the many, many Iepieleaks spies who roam the entire globe to find the latest trucks, spotted this bright-red painted Hyundai Xcient in the Port of Rotterdam. What is it doing overthere? To the opinion of our spie in Rotterdam, it could be transferred from one ship to the other. No one has any…… Continue Reading
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Sustainable Scania on LNG or electricity
Recently, we saw that Scania has introduced the first gas powered truck which complies with Euro 6. A complicated achievement, as such an engine requieres a lot of electronics to make sure all sensors act and operate according to the Euro 6 protocol. As we all know, this protocol is much more complicated than Euro…… Continue Reading
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Amarok Power Pickup
Volkswagen has released the New Amarok Power Pickup concept. An aggressive looking pickup with large wheels and a body kit. The powerfull Amarok has a 3 liter V6 TDI engine that produces 272 Hp and 600 Nm of torque. An eight speed automatic transmission and 4-motion all wheel drive doe the rest. This Amarok does…… Continue Reading
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Daimler exports Fuso trucks made in India
Daimler does not only produce Fuso trucks in Japan and in at the Kamaz premises in Russia. The Germans also build the Japanese light trucks in India. Fuso and Daimler India intend to reach a sales target of 290.000 until the year 2020. That is total sales over a period of seven years, starting from…… Continue Reading
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With love, from Russia: MZKT
My dear collegue Владимир Чехута (I could only get his first name, Vladimir) sent me info and photo’s of a new MZKT. I didn’t even know there were old models of this brand! It is a heavy 8×8 tractor unit with a 600 Hp Russian Euro-4 engine. It has a 6 speed MZKT automatic transmission.…… Continue Reading
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Ashok-Leyland closes Czech Avia plant
The Indian owner of truckbrand Avia will close the production facility of Avia in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. Ashok-Leyland withdraws Avia completely from the European continent and will continue to build Avia trucks in india. Productionlines of the Prague Avia-plant will be reassembled in India for production. The Ashok Leyland group is…… Continue Reading
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BYD Van design leaked
These design illustrations are from BYD, or Build Your Dream. This Chinese manufactorer seems to be working on a rather good looking van, or pickup as you like. I found it on Jokeforblog.blogspot.nl… Continue Reading
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