Renault are introducing their own version of a pick-up truck, clealy based on the Nisan Navarra. The new Renault shares the chassis, engines, bodywork and advanced rear wheel suspension. This means that the Renault also gets a 2.3 dCi engine, with a choice of a 160 and a 190 hp version. The Alaskan has independent…… Continue Reading
In all the speculations and photo-shop inllustrations we saw in the past time there are some that may need a second view. Now here are some that look realy good and could be close to what’s comming. Note the small curve under the windscreen, that does look like what we saw under the cover of…… Continue Reading
The Chinese truck manufacturer Beijing Foton has launched the ‘China Internet Super Truck.’ This Auman EST (Energy Super Truck) was showed at an event in Athens, Greece. The Internet super truck project is a collaboration that brings together Foton Motor Group, Cummins, and Daimler AG and aims at building Internet-driven super trucks that are green, efficient,…… Continue Reading
Today we got the rumour that the new generation of Scania Trucks is presented today to the Scania employees. The signs of the presentation are getting more and more obvious now, and word is that in the Sodertalje surroundings every hotel is fully booked for the end of August. Now that does not mean a…… Continue Reading
Some time ago at FPT (Fiat Power Train) we were told that the new 16 litre diesel engine would never be built into a truck. Well, the first one is presented now. At Eurosatory 2016 in France the new M1250 was launched. This is an 8×8 tractor for military purposes and the engine is the…… Continue Reading
Well, this is not hard: it is obvious that here, we have a picture of the upcoming new Scania truck. We just wonder if this is what we can expect: A large grille, put forward as if it were growing a nose, and the windscreen kept further to the back. Or is this cab still…… Continue Reading
Later this week Iveco will launch the latest heavy truck model, the XP series. It will not be a new cab altough people do speculate on that. Even the Italian media is saying that the truck will look like the Glider we saw on the IAA but we think the changes are only small. There…… Continue Reading
Volkswagen introduced the new Amarok with the 3 liter V6 diesel engine. This will be the new standard engine for Europe and Euro-6 markets. The new Amarok comes first with 163, 204 and 224 Hp. Later a smaller version of the V6 will be launched with about 120 Hp.… Continue Reading
We have seen a lot of Scania fieldtest trucks comming by, and here is another one. This photo was taken by Jarno Mikki Mäkelä, thanks for that Jarno! What we see is a much higher cab than the Scania we know now and we think this is the optional flat floor version. For the rest…… Continue Reading
The Mammoet Rallysport team has introduced their new truck for the comming SilkWay and Dakar 2017 rallys. The team now comes with 3 rallytrucks, two Renault K- rallytrucks and the new bonneted Renault Sherpa. The technical details are said to be about the same as those on the other trucks. Now that means the 13…… Continue Reading
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