The new Ford heavy truck that is going to be revealed at the IAA 2018 in Hannover is going to be a big suprise. How often does it happen that a new brand comes to the European market with a new product? We are very anctious to see the new truck and here is another…… Continue Reading
Tesla intends to make serious business of the segment of best sold vehicles in the US. The thing is, this first sketch promises something that looks quite different from a traditional pick-up truck. Yet, this is what Tesla showed. The pick-up truck looks more like a vehicle meant to drive on the surface of Mars,…… Continue Reading
Dutch company Vlastuin has build the fourth ‘Nextgen’ bonneted Scania for Geurts Trucks. The truck is based on a Scania S650 Highline and is being rebuild by Vlastuin. The cab is set back and the bonnet is Vlastuin’s own design. The design of the artwork is inspired by the trucks of Svempas from Sweden. These…… Continue Reading
Volkswagen and Ford have started negotiations to form a van alliance. Volkswagen used to have such an alliance with Daimler, which ended in 2013. The objective of such an alliance is to cut costs in the development of a new generation of clean vans. Volkswagen was urged by it’s commissioners to start talks with Ford.…… Continue Reading
MAN is presenting the new D15 engine platform later this year. The nine liter 400 Hp engine is replacing the current D20. The new D15 is smaller, lighter and has less swept volume. That seems like another step towards less CO2 emissions. The D15 engine is already on the market in MAN busses and coaches.…… Continue Reading
New information and a photo without camouflage of the new Ford! The picture was sent in but it looks like an official teaser from Ford. The truck is produced by Otosan in Turkey. Ford Trucks is working on a European dealernetwork that starts this year. The European distribution of parts will take place from Poland…… Continue Reading
The photo’s we showed before on Iepieleaks are now confirmed to be the next heavy Ford truck from Turkey. The Ford company now officialy anounched the lounch of the new heavytruck during the IAA in Hannover, later this year. The new truck is a real European heavy duty long distance truck with a spacious cab…… Continue Reading
Dutch truckspecialist Vlastuin in Renswoude has started the production of the bonneted Scania ‘nextgen’ trucks. At this moment 12 trucks are sold and there are already three of them on the road. Vlastuin is now considering a second version of the new Scania T model. The first one is based on the S- cab with…… Continue Reading
Japanese truckmanufactorer Hino has presented the Profia heavy tractor. The trucks come with tow engines: There is the 8,9 litre sixpot turbodiesel with 355 Hp and 1570 Nm of torque. Also there is a 12,9 litre six-cilinder with 470 or 530 Hp and a max torque of 2160 Nm. There are manual and automatic gearboxes available.… Continue Reading
Chinese electrial vehicle specialist en battery producer BYD has delivered a Class 8 electric truck to a Californian governmental board. The authority intends to find out in how far electrical trucks may replace diesel trucks in port area’s. The truck will start shuttling containers on a short with a company specialised in this kind of…… Continue Reading
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