The photo that we showed before was probably a Turkish Ford truck, and not the new Iveco. Details on the frame of the truck show similarities to the Ford trucks. The cab on the new truck is very large and wide. On the last photo you see the Ford trucks as they are now. That…… Continue Reading
Turkish website ‘magazinulasim.com’ has published this photo of what they say is a new BMC truck. This looks like a big truck for international transport, and that is a new segment for the BMC truck company. BMC used to be British but is now a Turkish company. The company is building the ‘Professional’ truck that…… Continue Reading
With a permissible gross weight of 26.0 t the Mercedes-Benz Electric Truck produces zero local emissions and runs silently, yet it is equal to a truck with an internal combustion engine in terms of load and performance, Mercedes says. The features of the Mercedes-Benz Electric Truck include its drive with electrically powered rear axle and…… Continue Reading
The LDV Maxus is a British design that did not succeed in Europe. The design was sold several times and now the Chinese make the comeback to Europe possible with this van. The SAIC company produces the Maxus now as an electric vehicle with the name EV80. The European branche of SAIC is in Luxemburg…… Continue Reading
When Volvo decided it would compete in the new class of LNG trucks, which is being dominated by Iveco and Scania, they wanted engines which deliver the same performance as their diesel siblings. It seems that Volvo has succeeded. Volvo unveils a thirteen litre LNG engine which is based on the current diesel block and…… Continue Reading
On the last Scania post about the ‘Lowrider’ we got a very interesting comment from Germany. The blue truck is sayd to be a P-sleepercab with low roof. But our German friend has more to tell: In the Scania test vehicle fleet there are several vehicles with the flat roof option. The white tractor on…… Continue Reading
MAN trucks seems to come with an update, of facelift if you want, of the TGX models. We’ve seen some camouflaged test trucks and here is an artist impression of the news. The first thing that we see is that MAN did nog change the mirrors of the truck. They are still to big and…… Continue Reading
One of our readers spotted these trucks in Borlange, Sweden. We thought we’ve seen all the Scania news but we never saw this version before. It looks like a G- sleepercab with low roof. It does look like a lowrider this way! Interesting is also the four-axled S500. The G- highroof sleeper has a covered…… Continue Reading
Tatra has built a truck that could be named an 8x8x8. The four- axled truck not only is driven on all four axles, they all steer to! The truck was specialy engineered for a Swiss customer that wants to use it with a heavy crane. With all wheels steering in all directions, apart from each…… Continue Reading
Veldhuizen Wagenbouw has developed a new trailer axle that combines a very low hight with a high axle load. The wheels are fitted with 155/70R12 tyres. This is made possible with a special wheel design. The axle load of these axles is 5 tonnes, which makes them intersting for transporting high vehicles in countries where…… Continue Reading
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