DAF has delivered its 500th truck to Jordan. This is, according to DAF, much more than just a milestone as the Eindhoven-based truck manufacturer, considering its very recent entry into the Jordanian market in 2014. The delivery of a DAF CF85 4×2 Euro3 tractor is indicative of the strong position of DAF Trucks in Jordan,…… Continue Reading
The Dutch Ministery of Defens has ordered 2037 new Scania XT trucks. The trucks will be built by the largest plant of Scania, in Zwolle, in The Netherlands. It is the biggest defense order for Scania ever. All kinds of variants are bought ranging from two to four axles. Also, the dutch Defense authority bought…… Continue Reading
Scania just launched the XT construction vehicles and that completes the Scania ‘nextgen’ programm. In the past years we had a lot of scoops with Scania fieldtest trucks and now Scania released some photo’s of these trucks during the official launch. It is always good to show again, these old iepieleaks friends, and it gives…… Continue Reading
The New CF and New XF range is complete. DAF Trucks has added 11 tractor and rigid axle configurations to its new line up; eight 2, 3 and 4 axle rigids and three 3 and 4 axle tractors. The new trucks are according to DAF up to 7% more fuel-efficient, are at least 100 kg…… Continue Reading
Kamaz has introduced a complete new cab for the long distance trucks. As we can see on these photo’s the new Kamaz cab is the Actros cab of Mercedes. That is no suprise, because Daimler is one of the main shareholders of the Russian truckbrand Kamaz. The suprise is that the Russians now present this…… Continue Reading
tomorrow the new Scania Construction series will be launched. The new series is named XT.… Continue Reading
DAF Trucks will participate in a two year truck platooning trial in the UK, led by TRL, the UK’s Transport Research Laboratory. Together with its partners, TNO, Ricardo and logistics company DHL, DAF Trucks has been selected by the UK government’s Department for Transport, in conjunction with Highways England to gain experience with truck platooning…… Continue Reading
Diesel engine manufacturer Cummins has launched it’s very own electric truck. We already noticed that Cummins doesn’t sit back and wait until diesel engines have become obsolete. On the contrary, we knew that Cummins was already developing an electric driveline. With the AEOS, this had become reality. It is a 34,5 tonne truck (Class7) with…… Continue Reading
DAF introduces a significant number of innovations to the LF, which will, according to DAF, reinforce the truck’s industry position in the 7.5 to 19-tonne class. The innovations include a new 3.8 litre engine and the possibility to select faster drive lines for maximum fuel efficiency. At the same time, the design of the exterior…… Continue Reading
The GAZ Group has presented a new Ural truck for the oil- and gas industrie. The new Ural four- axled truck is capable of transporting 30 tonnes of payload. The truck is powered by a YaMZ-635 engine with 422 Hp and 2000 Nm of torque. This Euro-5 engine is mounted to a 16 speed gearbox…… Continue Reading
Bigtruck magazine editie 10 2026
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