According to the Historic Vehicle Association the oldest known “jeep” recently celebrated its seventy-fifth birthday. Here are some of the more intriguing facts of the early history of the ¼ ton, four-wheel-drive reconnaissance truck that became known affectionately as the “jeep.” The first ¼ ton, four-wheel drive reconnaissance truck “pilot model” produced for the U.S. […]
Barsan Global Logistics, a logistics company in Turkey, recently expanded its fleet with 450 new Mercedes-Benz Actros 1841 trucks, which makes it the largest order the brand has ever received. Mercedes-Benz Turkey said that it is not the first major order of this dimension in the current year. Just in the spring of this year, […]
Smart Drive Systems, a leader in driving performance solutions that reduce collisions and improve fuel efficiency, recently announced that Mesilla Valley Transportation, one of the largest locally-owned transportation providers in New Mexico and West Texas, has selected SmartDrive’s video-based safety solution for its fleet of more than 1,300 tractors. Mesilla Valley Transportation is at the […]
The Trafic Van has been a workhorse in Europe (not sold in Malaysia currenty) for years and now Renault planner shave decide to give this hardworking vehicles some visual boost with this Sport+ pack. This versions is available as an option when ordering any version of a new Trafic, and in any of the ten […]
Mercedes-Benz Malaysia officially delivered the 25,000th commercial vehicle manufactured in Malaysia to customer, Landbridge Haulage (M) Sdn Bhd, an intermodal logistics solutions and services company. The unit, a MP3 2644LS 6×2 L-Cab, joins Landbridge Haulage’s existing fleet of more than 85 Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicles. “The delivery of the 25,000th commercial vehicle manufactured in Malaysia is certainly a […]
Hino has announced recalls on both its 300 series Hybrid and normal diesel powered 300 Series with fuel filter and clutch problems triggering the recall notices. Are they any of these trucks here in Malaysia as parallel imported units? The recalls are signaling two issues pertaining to the automatic cutch unit in the 300 Series Hybrid […]
Volvo Trucks’ You Tube video ”Look who’s driving” Volvo Trucks’ has launched its latest You Tube video ”Look who’s driving” using a four-year-old girl called Sophie who drives the truck using a radio control module in the process exposing a Volvo FMX to a tough series of challenges, in fact the toughest yet in the Volvo […]
What is IMI? This is an English learning Institute that provides a syllabus to train apprentices for workshops, car dealers and the automotive aftermarket industry. Let us share with you some information on what IMI does and how it helps the biggest and fastest and most vibrant industry in our consumer market. There are 21 […]
The Land Rover Defender we all know and love will be retired next month after decades of making history. A replacement is not due before 2017 and we know the design won’t have anything in common with the concepts shown in recent years. This is the promise made by the company’s director, Gerry McGovern, who […]
Scania has announced it will launch its own finance arm toward the end of the first quarter in 2016. Scania Financial Services (SFS) has had a great deal of success in European markets and will bring the model to Australian under the leadership of long time SFS executive Peter Taylor. Taylor has moved to Australia from his […]
