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Month: October 2017

Features

ONE MILLIONTH PETERBILT SET TO BE BUILT

October 30, 2017 Jon Thomson

Kenworth’s American sibling, Peterbilt is set to celebrate a significant milestone in mid-January 2018 with the production of its 1,000,000th truck. The first Peterbilt rolled off the production line in 1939 and while Paccar does […]

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FUSO SAVES THE QUEEN

October 30, 2017 Jon Thomson

While its electric e-Canter and Vision One trucks grabbed all the attention for Fuso at the Tokyo Show, sitting quietly in one corner of its stand was its new Aero Queen touring bus, which if […]

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PONCHO EV COULD SPARK INTEREST FOR HINO

October 30, 2017 Jon Thomson

While Fuso has hitched its future to electric trucks, or perhaps plugged into an electric future, Toyota owned truck brand, Hino had just one electric vehicle on display at its Tokyo Motor Show stand, its […]

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SCANIA POSTS RECORD GLOBAL RESULT FOR FIRST NINE MONTHS ON BACK OF NEW MODELS

October 30, 2017 Jon Thomson

Scania has announced a record result for the first nine months of this year, a 15 per cent increase over the same period in 2016 with the Swedish Volkswagen subsidiary revealing net sales of the […]

Road Tests

TRUCK AND BUS TV ROAD TESTS THE LATEST IVECO E6 EUROCARGO

October 30, 2017 Jon Thomson

Take a look at our latest video road test of the Iveco Eurocargo E6. Jon Thomson climbs behind the wheel for a  drive of Iveco’s medium duty truck, which brings a lot of good innovations, […]

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BRIDJ TRANSPLANTED DOWN UNDER AND READY FOR BUSINESS

October 26, 2017 Jon Thomson

Like Victor Kiam and the shaver company, Aussie bus operator, Transit Systems liked the US on demand bus operation Bridj so much it decided to buy it. Bridj originally was a US based company that […]

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ISUZU PICKS UP TOP PRODUCT PLANNER FROM FORD

October 26, 2017 Jon Thomson

Isuzu has announced that Nic Topping will take on the role of product development manager for the company in Australia. Topping is a refugee from Ford Australia and moves to the role at Isuzu from […]

Features

LANGWORTHY TO STEP DOWN AT DANA

October 26, 2017 Jon Thomson

Well known truck industry identity, Peter Langworthy has announced he will be stepping down as managing director of Dana at the end of the year. It is fair to say that during his seven year […]

Features

UD REVEALS ENGINE DOWNSIZE

October 26, 2017 Jon Thomson

UD highlighted its heavy duty line-up at this year’s Tokyo Motor Show with its new Quon and Quester heavy-duty trucks, particularly launching the new Quon prime mover/tractor model. Like their counterparts at Hino UD also […]

Features

A NEW HEAVY AS HINO PLAYS IT SAFE IN TOKYO

October 26, 2017 Jon Thomson

Hino played a safe straight bat at this year’s Tokyo Motor Show with not even the hint of an electric truck anywhere in sight, although the Toyota owned commercial vehicle maker did have an electric […]

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