Dongfeng improves in electronics and after treatment

At the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, Dongfeng shows new trucks which show improvements in electronics and in after treatment systems. The Chinese NS 4 exhaust gas regulations are a challenge for the Chinese truck industry but marketleader Dongfeng shows it can comply. The truck shown in the picture also has improved brake electronics. There’s now…Continue Reading

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Sevel reveals new van generation

 Fiat, Peugeot and Citroën have revealed their sixth generation of stylish vans which are produced under the Sevel cooperation of the three brands. Iepieleaks already showed a spy pic recently, which apparantly showed the right vehicle. The new Fiat Ducato, Peugeot Boxer and Citroën Jumper come with a truckload of features, among them a tablet…Continue Reading

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Hongyan Jieshi (Iveco): 1000kms on LNG

 At the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition truckbrand SAIC Iveco Hongyan launched an LNG version of the Jieshi truck which has a range of up to one thousand kilometres. This achievement is being realised by mounting larger fuel tanks on the truck chassis. According to our sources, the Jieshi consists of a lot of Iveco technology,…Continue Reading

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Renault: two engines suitable for biodiesel

Renault Trucks comes with the possibility to order two of it’s Euro VI engines destined for the D-series trucks, as suitable for the use biodiesel. Renault offers, the DTI5 240 hp and the DTI8 320 hp, on three of its Euro 6 range trucks compatible with Biodiesel. This can either be 30% of the entire…Continue Reading

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BharatBenz already sold 10.000 trucks in India

Daimlers step to actively produce and sell trucks of an entirely new brand in India has proved successful. In just eighteen months time Daimler has sold 10.000 trucks on the Indian market. This market is being dominated by two brands, Tata and Ashok Leyland. Together they have a marketshare of just over eighty percent. Number…Continue Reading

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Cummins develops engine for China

American engine supplier Cummins has developed an engine series specifically destined for the Chinese and similar non-US markets. Called the G-Series, the new engines, which come in displacements of eleven and twelve litres, will be mounted firstly in Chinese Foton Auman GTL trucks (pic left). The new engines have a slimmer design and make do…Continue Reading

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New Iveco Daily

And here’s the first picture of the new Iveco Daily! Everything on the new Daily is bigger than on the previous types, Iveco says. New models go up to 18 and 20 cubic metres! They will be produced in the well known plants in Italy and Spain. The Daily still has the unique ‘truck’ chassis…Continue Reading

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New Ginaf with Ford cab?

Dutch transport journalist Alex Miedema posted this new Ginaf truck on his website. It is a photoshopped photo that shows how the Ford cab is going to look like on the Ginaf. The photo is inspired on the information that Alex had that Ginaf is going to use the Ford cab for the new generation of…Continue Reading

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Peterbilt variant of DAF LF

Soon after we published the first picture of the latest version of the Kenworth K370, our viewers handed us this picture of the Peterbilt 220, another member of the Paccar family. Here, we also recognize the same typical Euro VI front of the DAF LF.  It again proves how much DAF technology Paccar uses in…Continue Reading

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