Now here is a very special old photo. At the end of the eighties DAF was growing fast. The brand decided to stay with the last seven truckbrands in Europe and it even planned to take over the Britisch Leyland brand. Well, they did! In the meanwhile Gorbatsjov was in charge in Russia and state…… Continue Reading
The Chinese company Dongfenf Liuzhou Motor Co LTD is testing a new truck called Chenglong T7 450 6×4. The 6×4 truck is equipped with a 450HP turbocharged diesel engine. There are two names for this engine, Dongfeng uses their own name but also the Cummins name. The truck will have pneumatic spring rear suspension. The project started…… Continue Reading
The next Dakar rally will be the race of the bonneted trucks. Not only the Iveco trucks of De Rooy will have a long nose, also the Kamaz trucks come with a bonnet. Kamaz is mounting the nose of the Mercedes Zetros for the comming rally. Completely new and suprising is the new bonneted Scania…… Continue Reading
DAF Trucks does produce Construction trucks, but not with driven front axles. Years ago DAF Trucks did produce 4×4 and 6×6 trucks for the army. The last ones were the ‘Tropco’ 6×6 tractor units. After that they stopped producing all-wheel driven trucks at DAF. Still they do test 6×6 trucks, and that is proven with this Youtube movie.…… Continue Reading
And there is the all new Renault Pickup truck! The pickup is basicly the same as the new Nissan Navara NP300. The same platform will later also be the basic structure for a new Mercedes-Benz pickup. After Volkswagen that has the succesfull Amarok this means a real boost for the pickup segment in Europe. We…… Continue Reading
American truck manufacturer Navistar introduces the possibility to reprogramme engine management systems ‘through the air’ via WiFi. This is an industry first. Navistar developed the possibility, which opens the door to remote diagnosis, not just for engines but also for other truck parts, together with some partners. Navistar have named their system OTA, Over The…… Continue Reading
Kraker Trailers introduced the SafeRoof. This is the answer for covering your load in a safe and easy way! The SafeRoof can be mounted on almost every tipper- of moving floor trailer and it is an option on the Kraker trailers.… Continue Reading
In BIGtruck online magazine there are new photo’s of the new Scania. Also there is a story, but that is only in Dutch.. Long live Google Translate!… Continue Reading
The Hyundai trucks that we showed on Iepieleaks earlyer this week belong to a company named Vecutra. Now that Russian company belongs to a Polish company named Adampol. Last year another company took over the Polish firm, including the Russian branch. The name of the company that took over is Clovis, and that belongs to…… Continue Reading
The next generation of Scania will have a top model with the V8 engine with no less than 780 Hp. That is 50 Hp more than the excisting model and 30 Hp more than the biggest Volvo FH16. That is when this illustration is right, and I do bet it is. The torque of the…… Continue Reading
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