The market for heavy trucks in Russia is mainly dominated by the European brands, but there are also a lot of American trucks on the road. Designer Sergei Barinov was clearly inspired by the Americans when he designed this ‘Ural Next’ prototype. The truck has nice aerodynamic lines, a huge sleeper and a good looking…… Continue Reading
Dutch trailer builder Broshuis recently introduced the SL-Air. That is a trailer with independant air suspension. Before the market introduction Broshuis tested this new concept to the max. While doing that they shot this interesting video! … Continue Reading
Some time ago we drove a Ginaf Heavy Duty mining truck in a mine in Austria. Here is the movie we made then. Great to see how this heavy truck with its DAF MX13 engine is climbing the hills and takes on the battle with the big Komatsu’s! Now it is about time to do…… Continue Reading
On Youtube I found this video about wrapping a truck. Great to see how they do that, and the result is great!… Continue Reading
The new BIGtruck online magazine is out now. It is free but.. only in Dutch. Sorry about that, but you can still see the photo’s and watch the movies! We have a very nice MAN showtruck, a story about hauling timber and of course our roadtest of the Scania R450. Klick on the button and…… Continue Reading
Belgian producer of trailers and busses Van Hool got an order from the city of Hamburg for two full electrical driven Exqui City vehicles. These are ‘trambusses’ as Van Hool names them, but basicly they are modern trolley busses. The difference is that these Exqui City busses don’t need a powerline along the whole route. The…… Continue Reading
LEGO is presenting a Mercedes-Benz Arocs 3245 tipper with a crane. It is the seccond Lego Mercedes, after the Unimog that is already in the stores. Michael Dietz, Head of Marketing for Mercedes-Benz Trucks picked the Arocs in this configuration for Lego to build. With a total of 2793 separate parts, battery-operated „power functions“ that…… Continue Reading
Opel has sold 51.500 CV’s in the first half year of 2015 in Europe. That is an absolute record sale and that means back to the figures from before the crisis. Not only the sales figures are rising, also the market share went up to an all time high for Opel in Europe. In The…… Continue Reading
And there is another Scania fieldtest truck, spotted in Sweden. Here again it looks like the high cab with a flat floor. Don’t be fooled by the lines on the side of the cab. They look like the excisting cab but that is all camouflage.… Continue Reading
Last year we did a tippertest with our collegues from Lastauto Omnibus. Here you see the movie we made on Youtube! the story is published in BIGtruck, click on the button! … Continue Reading
Bigtruck magazine editie 6 2025
BIGtruck Magazine Kippertest 2024
