Scania and MAN rounded off a healthy sales year with strong results in the global truck sales race in December 2016. Data provided by parent company, Volkswagen Group, shows Scania sales in the month increased by 17.8% on the brands December 2015 result with 7,600 deliveries. Over at MAN, 10,700 sales were recorded, 9.7% up […]
The X MultiWay 3D series is the latest generation of Michelin’s regional tyre range and offers both fuel efficiency and mileage performance. The company’s X Multi T tyres – a range designed to offer improved longevity – are fitted to the company’s 39 predominantly Fruehauf bulk tipper trailers and its 33-strong curtainside trailer hire fleet. […]
Tata Motors has delivered 21 CNG-powered ‘Tata Magic’ passenger vehicles in Indore, under Chalak Parichalak Yojna under Mukhyamantri Yuva Swarojgar Yojna (MMYSY) of Madhya Pradesh. The corporation has initiated issuing fresh permits for CNG-based vehicles for better connectivity. These vehicles are funded under Chalak Parichalak Yojna under MMYSY of Madhya Pradesh, facilitating economical and safe […]
Volvo Buses has received an order for four Volvo 7900 Electric Hybrid buses from the city of Värnamo in southern Sweden. With this move, all public transport in this city of just over 19,000 people will be with electrified buses as of autumn 2017, making Värnamo unique among all Swedish cities. “It’s impressive and really […]
DAF Trucks is experiencing impressive growth in Taiwan. The 5,000th truck has rolled off the assembly line less than ten years after it opened in Dadu. With a market share of almost 30% in the 12 ton+ segment, in Taiwan DAF is the undisputed market leader among non-Asian truck brands. Every week, DAF Trucks ships […]
For the third time, the MKR Adventure team, led by Mario Kress, is tackling the extreme roads of the Dakar Rally behind the wheel of Renault trucks vehicles. After the first stages, the Renault Trucks K 520, driven by Pascal de Baar, occupies the fifth position in the overall ranking. After the sixth place clinched […]
Scania will design the world’s first full-scale autonomous truck platooning operations, based on its own advanced technology. The platoon will traffic public roads while transporting containers between port terminals in Singapore. The aim is to organise convoys of four trucks – with the following three trucks behind the lead truck autonomously driven, as well as […]
The aim of the 80-series was to be both at the forefront of technology and luxury. Along with passenger car like styling in the front design, wide tires and large fenders gave it a bold effect, looking something like a luxury battleship that could cruise the land. It was a break from the tradition of […]
This ASEAN version of the Chevrolet Colorado Xtreme revives a trim used on the first-generation U.S. market model to designate a sporty street truck styling package. f the Xtreme, on the other hand, goes completely in the opposite direction with an airbox snorkel, front off-road bumper with integrated skidplate, roof rack, 18-inch beadlock-look alloy wheels, […]
This week the Malaysia Recreational Off-Roaders Society took the challenge to have their trucks filled with the all new B10 biodiesel – which should be rolling out across the nation this year. The 4×4 truckers will be roughing it out in the jungle, while the new diesel blend is set to prove its reliability. ‘B10’ […]
