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BONE TO TAKE TOP ON HIGHWAY ROLE AT PENSKE FOLLOWING LEE’S RESIGNATION

May 27, 2026 Jon Thomson

Long time Mack and Volvo Australia executive, Gary Bone has been announced the new boss of Penske’s on-highway operations for Australia and New Zealand. Penske made the announcement yesterday that Bone will be taking over […]

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PENSKE AUSTRALIA SHOWS OFF ALL ITS PROWESS

March 31, 2026 Jon Thomson

Penske Australia’s on highway truck sales might be meagre at this point in time with its portfolio of brands including MAN, Western Star, Detroit Diesel and Dennis Eagle, but the organisation in this country is […]

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PENSKE SNARES FORMER VOLVO AND MACK VP – BONE JOINS RIVAL BRANDS

February 4, 2025 Jon Thomson

Penske Australia  has announced two significant new appointments to its executive leadership team to start the year. A surprise addition at Penske is former Volvo and Mack Australia vice president, Gary Bone who joins the […]

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KOCHY HANDS OUT THE PENSKE MASTER TECHNICIAN AWARDS – THAT’S RICHARD NOT DAVID!

September 24, 2024 Jon Thomson

Penske Australia and New Zealand has  announced it has presented Jason Gavin and Frederich Pfuhl its 2024 Penske Guild Master Technician awards for on-highway and off-highway, respectively. Penske  said its Guild members from around Australia […]

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STAR TURN – WESTERN STAR FINALLY LAUNCHES ALL NEW TRUCK RANGE

November 4, 2022 Jon Thomson

Daimler’s other US brand, Western Star looks like it is back in the main game in Australia, with its Australian distributor, Penske, unveiling the new X-Series  range to the trade press In Brisbane this week […]

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PENSKE OPENS SECOND BRISBANE BRANCH

May 31, 2022 Jon Thomson

Penske  has announced the opening  of a second Brisbane  branch  with a new facility at Lytton set  to open its doors  this Monday  the 6th June. The second Brisbane Penske branch is located adjacent to […]

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X FACTOR – WESTERN STAR UNVEILS NEW VOCATIONAL MODELS IN US AND HERE BY LATE ’22

September 24, 2021 Jon Thomson

Daimler Trucks US subsidiary Western Star has launched a new truck to its  vocational line-up, with the launch of the new Western Star 47X, which the company says will sit alongside and complements the Western […]

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WESTERN STAR PUTS BLINDSPOT SAFETY ON THE RADAR

April 13, 2021 Jon Thomson

American truck brand Western Star has dragged itself into the  technology era  with he announcement that it has introduced Blind spot radar its range, saying it gives ‘drivers even greater confidence behind the wheel’. Western […]

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CORBET’S PARTS AND INDUSTRIAL JOINS PENSKE NETWORK

February 26, 2021 Jon Thomson

Penske Australia has announced a new dealer servicing the Gympie region in Queensland with the addition of Corbet’s Parts and Industrial to its network from Monday 1st March. Forming part of the larger Corbet’s Group, […]

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PENSKE LOCAL TRUCK OPERATION RESTATES COMMITMENT TO AUSTRALIA, DESPITE SUPERCAR PULLOUT

October 26, 2020 Jon Thomson

The news  that Roger Penske had decided to pull out of the Australian Supercar Championship and  his six year partnership with Dick Johnson Racing  sent rumours  about a possible imminent departure from the Australian truck […]

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