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OCTOBER DRAGS ON TRUCK AND VAN SALES AS THE INDUSTRY STUMBLES TO THE YEAR END

The Australian truck and heavy vehicle market continued to cool in October with sales across the board and for every leading manufacturer being down on the result for the same month in 2024. Total sales [...]
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NTI WARNS OPERATORS TO GET STORM SEASON SAVVY

Leading truck and transport insurer NTI has issued a warning as Australia’s official cyclone and storm season begins, encouraging transport, logistics and marine businesses are being encouraged to ready their operations and update their emergency [...]
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THINGS GO BETTER FOR COCA COLA WITH TOLL’S ELECTRIC TRUCK FLEET

Toll Group has announces the next phase of its $67 million investment in sustainable transport solutions across Australia, with the deployment of a new fleet of electric rigid trucks in partnership with Coca-Cola Europacific Partners. [...]
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VARLEY GROUP MOVED TO PRAISE FOR TRUCK MOVES

International truck component and modification company Varley Group has issued a a vote of confidence in truck relocation specialist, Truck Moves Australia, which Varley says has carved out an essential niche for itself in Australia’s [...]
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NHVR WARNS OF FATIGUE AT THIS TIME OF YEAR

With Halloween having just past us by for another year the NHVR has issued a statement urging heavy truck drivers and operators to stay alert and make safety a top priority on local roads after [...]

JUNGHEINRICH RECKONS ELECTRIC VOLKSWAGEN VANS ARE ALL THE BUZZ

October 13, 2025

According to global provider of sustainable material handling solutions, Jungheinrich it has become one of the first companies in Australia to integrate Volkswagen’s new electric vans into its operations . Jungheinrich, is a German based […]

DAILY TALLY – IVECO’S VAN HITS 1.8 MILLION

October 23, 2024

Iveco has revealed it recently celebrated the unusual production milestone of 1.8 million Daily vehicles manufactured at the company’s Suzzara plant at Mantua in Italy. We say unusual because while it is a significant number, […]

WHAT’S THE BUZZ, TELL ME WHAT THE FUSS IS ABOUT? VW ANNOUNCES IMMINENT ARRIVAL OF ELECTRIC ‘KOMBI’

September 12, 2024

Volkswagen has confirmed the new-age electrified version of its venerable Kombi, the ID. Buzz range, will be launched in Australia before the end of the year and has published a list of prices for the […]

LDV DELIVERS MORE SAFETY AND CLEANER ENGINE IN DELIVER 9 VAN AND BUS

September 12, 2024

Chinese commercial vehicle brand LDV has announced a raft of upgrades to its next generation upgrade of its Deliver 9 van, cab-chassis and bus line up which the company says will be accompanied by a […]

ONLY VANS! – MERCEDES-BENZ REVEALS FIRST COMPREHENSIVE VITO UPGRADE IN NINE YEARS

August 28, 2024

Mercedes-Benz has announced the first major facelift of its fleet of mid-size vans and people movers since 2015 saying that the update introduces a raft of comfort, convenience and technology upgrades, plus a major […]

NEW KANGOO VARIANTS JUMP INTO AUSSIE MARKET- RENAULT ANNOUNCES THREE NEW PETROL MINI VANS

July 23, 2024

Renault has announced an expansion of its Kangoo van range which has been bolstered with the arrival of three new petrol variants, giving buyers of the compact van more choice for business transportation needs. “With […]

SOFT SELL – TRUCK SALES SOFTEN AGAIN IN JUNE

July 3, 2025

The Australian commercial vehicle market continued its ever so gentle softening in June, with registration figures showing a 5.2 per cent drop on the same month in 2024 as the long tail of trucks coming […]

SMOOTH OPERATOR – 780 GOOD REASONS WHY VOLVO’S BIG BANGER IS A MASTERPIECE

April 7, 2025

There is a strand of thinking in road transport today that looks at smaller engines, not bigger ones, another that looks at down speeding to reduce revs and decrease fuel consumption and another that combines […]

COMPANY CAR – ABARTH 500E – AN ELECTRIC CITY FUN CAR WITH A STING IN THE TAIL

March 2, 2025

When it comes to reading a review of a potential Company Car in a heavy vehicle publication then you couldn’t get anything more incongruous than a review of Fiat’s sexy little Abarth 500e, an electric […]

DAIMLER’S NEW ELECTRIC TRUCKS – TESTED

July 4, 2024

JOEL HELMES recently flew to Melbourne to drive the latest battery electric offerings from truck giant Daimler and posed the question: where are we at with the still most likely only partial electrification of the […]

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