It was truly a money-can’t-buy experience for the lucky winners of the recent Shell Rimula global promotion contest.The seven Malaysians; Chong Kong Jam, Foo Kuek Hua, Gan Choon Ling, Jennie Lew, Liew Foh Min, Renny Ong and Tan Yeong Li; were among more than 180 participants from 19 countries who gathered in Budapest, Hungary recently. […]
Renault Trucks has developed a Tanker version of its T vehicle which has been specially configured for light weight and enhanced safety features. In order to make unladen weight as low as possible, thereby increasing payload, the Renault Trucks T Tanker is fitted with aluminium rims, air and fuel tanks as well as a lightweight […]
Isuzu Motors Limited announced that it has given its Giga heavy duty truck range a full model change, and launched them in Japan yesterday. According to Isuzu, the new Giga has evolved from a stand-alone truck into a “connected carrier system” to maximise customers’ uptime by giving solutions to the issues they are facing such […]
DAF has announced that it will be extending its DAF Transport Efficiency programme into the bus and coach sector. According to the company, the programme aims to further increase efficiency for operators, and to achieve this goal, DAF Components will supply a complete range of reliable and economical PACCAR engines, as well as a comprehensive […]
Mercedes-Benz Malaysia, the authorised distributor of Mitsubishi FUSO, has launched three new models, the FM65FN, FM65FJ and the FN62FM, further enhancing the Mitsubishi FUSO product portfolio in Malaysia. Speaking on the reception of the FM and FN series, Mercedes-Benz Malaysia Commercial Vehicle Vice President, Albert Yee, said, “The truck series has time and time […]
Scania (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. has officially launched its Kuala Terengganu service centre, further strengthening its sales and services for all customers in the East Coast region. Customers can now send their Scania trucks, buses and coaches, marine, industrial and power generation engines to this service centre for regular maintenance. “The opening of Scania Malaysia […]
The world’s first truck with automated driving system was finally put to the test under real world scenario recently in Germany. The truck was a standard Mercedes-Benz Actros equipped with the Highway Pilot system for this test of autonomous driving on public roads. According to Daimler, the truck was approved as a test vehicle in accordance […]
The first Euro 6-compliant Mercedes-Benz Econic NGT (Natural Gas Technology) has been delivered to Vienna International Airport. The natural-gas-powered truck will operate as a catering truck equipped with a lifting mechanism manufactured by Doll. Econic’s low cab enables a very low delivery height from catering vehicle to plane, which means that all the more widespread […]
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC) unveiled the FZ 4928 medium-heavy duty truck last month at South East Asia’s biggest automotive exhibition, the Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show (GIIAS) 2015, which was held from the 20-30th of August at the Indonesia Convention Exhibition (ICE), South Tangerang, Indonesia. The truck FUSO’s first model to be offered […]
In an effort to celebrate selling one million units of the Hilux in South Africa, Toyota released a special, one-off, high-powered Hilux. To do this, Toyota Motorsport boss Glyn Hall sourced the V8 5.0-liter engine from a Lexus IS-F and further massaged to deliver 455 PS at 6,000 rpm. The engine specification is very similar to […]
