Daimler Trucks in US has just announced a USD375m investment to enable production of the new DD5 and DD8 medium duty engines at Detroit™ brand headquarters and manufacturing facility in Redford, Michigan. Joined by Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, and nearly 2,000 UAW workers, Daimler Trucks celebrated the announcement of the new lines of DD5 and […]
Mercedes-Benz’s best-selling bus; the Citaro, has already celebrated numerous successes. Not only is it the world’s best-selling Mercedes-Benz urban bus, but it has also won numerous “Bus of the Year” awards in Europe, and the “Green Bus Award”. In fact, it was the first series production urban bus worldwide to comply with the Euro 6 […]
Edaran Tan Chong Motor, the authorised distributor of Nissan vehicles in Malaysia announced earlier this week that it is inviting all Malaysians to test out the all-new NP300 Navara at its outlets during the upcoming NP300 Navara Test Drive Carnival. According to ETCM, the Carnivals will be held at key ETCM branches across the nation […]
Tata Motors recently announced that it has named football superstar Lionel Messi its new global ambassador. Tata said that it will kick-off the association campaign called ‘#madeofgreat’ with Messi as the star. The company added that the campaign is built around the marque’s philosophy of “providing best-in-class innovations in the passenger vehicles segment with a […]
MAN Truck & Bus has announced that it will be extending its product range with the introduction of a new light commercial van, making it a full range supplier of commercial vehicles between 3 and 44 tons. Designated as MAN TGE, the new range of MAN light commercial vehicles was developed by Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles […]
Mazda Motor Corporation announced today that it held a ceremony to celebrate the start of production of the all-new Mazda CX-3 at Auto Alliance (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (AAT), the company’s production facility in Thailand. Approximately 300 people attended the ceremony, including Mazda’s Managing Executive Officers Kiyotaka Shobuda and Kazuhisa Fujikawa as well as executives and […]
Trucks of the future are going to be a whole lot smarter. Tomorrow’s Intelligent Truck from Volvo gives you an idea what’s in store for truck drivers. We are talking about a connected vehicle that can think for itself. It can perform self diagnosis and self-repair minor problems. The truck makes its service appointments automatically. […]
Edaran Tan Chong Motor Sdn. Bhd. (ETCM) is now accepting bookings for the All-New Nissan NP300 Navara, set to be launched in November 2015. Estimated prices are as follows: Double Cab Peninsular Malaysia East Malaysia 2.5VL (AT) RM125,000 RM126,000 2.5V (AT) RM115,000 RM116,000 2.5SE (AT) RM109,000 RM110,000 2.5SE (MT) RM104,000 RM105,000 2.5E (MT) RM95,000 RM96,000 […]
The international tire manufacturer and automotive supplier Continental has appointed Philippe Barabinot as the new Head of Sales & Marketing for their replacement truck tire business in the Asian-Pacific region (APAC). He will be based in Continental’s APAC headquarters for Truck Tires in Petaling Jaya, Kuala Lumpur. Philippe will be responsible for contributing to Continental’s growing […]
Scania has given the green light to hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) being used to power its Euro 6 range, provided the fuel used meets technical specification TS15940. Vehicles using HVO – which chemically mimics fossil-fuel-based diesel – can under optimal condition achieve up to a 90-percent reduction in CO2 emissions. HVO does not affect […]
