Industry body, the Australian Trucking Association is calling on nominations for the 2016 Craig Rosender Award. The prestigious award recognises technical and maintenance excellence by workshop managers and mechanics in commercial workshops, trucking companies or […]
Road and Freight NSW will host its first forum in September as a new opportunity for operators to receive crucial information about issues facing the industry. The forum will be held will be Wednesday 7 […]
Volkswagen is ready to make an acquisition for its trucks business in North America if the right opportunity comes along, despite the rising cost of its “dieselgate” emissions cheating scandal, the head of the trucks […]
In this issue we look at where VW may be heading in the Heavy Commercial market on a global basis, on a more local basis we take a visit to Kenworth’s Bayswater factory to take […]
The Tasmanian government has outlined a $14 million plan to take 79 ageing fire trucks off the roads by the end of 2020, with 25 new trucks to be in service by the end of […]
Australia has lost another industry icon with the death of Ed Cameron. Cameron was responsible for bringing the Kenworth brand to Australia with the S-model in the early 1960s. Following World War II, Cameron and […]
Manufacturing giant SAF-Holland has made a bid to buy out Swedish brake and suspension supplier Haldex, with an all cash offer worth $647 million AUD. SAF-Holland aims to reach $2.2 billion AUD in sales by […]
The European Commission is under pressure to introduce a CO2 truck emissions limit to fall in line with Japan, USA and its own efficiency standards on cars and vans. European light vehicles will have to […]
Mazda and Isuzu are set to collaborate on their next generation utes, having reached a basic agreement. The arrangement will see Isuzu produce Mazda’s next model ute based on its own offering, allowing Isuzu to […]
The Federal election and the alleged uncertainty many believed it would bring appears to have had little impact on Australian truck sales in June with strong performances for the month and the second quarter, particularly […]
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