The 7-seater Isuzu mu-X lifestyle SUV marked a memorable debut in the 2016 Borneo Safari International Offroad Challenge when it won the ‘Vehicle of the Year’ Award. According to Borneo Safari Organising Committee Chairman Faez A Nordin, this year’s event was the toughest in 12 years. Daily rains caused a two-day delay as the nearly […]
Ford commercial vehicles (CV) sales year-to-date have already exceeded 100,000 – for the first time ever in October. This record has been reached with two sales months of the year remaining, as Ford’s UK market leadership remains unchallenged across cars, CVs and total vehicle sales. Andy Barratt, Ford of Britain chairman and managing director, said: […]
This new electric driven MAN truck is based on a MAN TGS 4×2 GLS-TS semitrailer tractor with an 18 t permissible total weight. Driving this pioneering MAN City Truck concept vehicle is a 250 kW electric motor which delivers its 2700 Nm of torque to the rear axle via a propshaft. Depending on use, the […]
Scania continues to reinforce its position in the Indonesian bus market. Transjakarta has now placed an order for 150 low-entry city buses in addition to the previously ordered 110 3-axle Scania buses that will be delivered later this year. The public transport operator in the Indonesian capital already has 108 articulated Euro 6 Scania gas […]
Lars Mårtensson, Director Environment and Innovation at Volvo Trucks (Sweden) was in Kuala Lumpur recently to attend the SPAD conference in KLCC on Environment impact with the public transport. This was Lars Mårtensson’s first visit to Malaysia and he was ready to meet some environmental issues, however he was quite surprised with the quality of […]
Kamaz has designed an all-new truck pointed directly at the 2017 Dakar event. The big, bad, blacked-out Master “Kapotnik” features a new layout and a 980-hp powertrain. Kamaz believes it will be the truck to bring back its 14th Dakar victory. The all-new Kamaz Master leaves the tradition of forward control cabs in the past, […]
The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter has once again received the coveted FN50 award for the most reliable van, collecting the award for the second consecutive year, and the third year in total since 2011 (2011, 2015 and 2016). The top-place ranking was announced at the annual FN50 event hosted in the UK earlier this week, attended by […]
The new Volvo FE 4×2 rigid trucks feature Day cabs with rear windows, 12-speed I-Shift automated transmissions and are powered by the six cylinder 7.7 litre Volvo D8K engines producing 250hp. The new 420hp Volvo FMX high B-ride 8×4 tipper trucks with Day cabs feature tipper bodies by UK company, Thompsons of Croydon, a 21-tonne […]
Iveco has signed an agreement to supply 10 New Stralis Natural Power (NP) vehicles running on liquefied natural gas (LNG) to i-FAST Automotive Logistics in Europe, which boasts a wealth of experience in car transportation. This order will mark the first European delivery of vehicles for LNG-powered car transport, further confirming Iveco’s commitment to sustainability. […]
ZF rolled out its Innovation Truck 2016 concept vehicle at the IAA show in Hannover, Germany, to demonstrate its capabilities for developing autonomous-driving technologies. Noting that it is keeping at the forefront its “Vison Zero” goal of attaining accident-free driving, the Germany-based component supplier said it’s “working on enhancing current assist systems for practical use […]
