Full disclosure: In the 18 years I have been playing with and writing about trucks, I have never driven a Volvo.
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Cruising the suburbs in the new Scania Super 500G
It’s 6pm on a Friday afternoon and I’m sitting in the usual traffic jams that beset the Hume Highway as you come off the Western Ring Road.
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Volvo FM Electric put through its paces at Cunninghams Gap
The Volvo FM Electric was taken for a test run through Cunninghams Gap last week to see how it performed, loaded at 41.7 tonnes.
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Bigger is better in the Actros GigaSpace
“I’ll go and stand at the back of the truck with my boot at the end of the trailer. All you do is use the arrow up and down on the wheel and when the green line on the mirror lines up with my foot, you go left to right and the other side will also be set.”
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Test driving an Iveco S-Way down the bumpy road to Geelong
A while back Big Rigs was invited to jump aboard the new Iveco S-Way range of trucks and take them for a spin around the AARC test facility at Anglesea, Victoria.
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On the road to Casino driving a Hino 300 Series 4×4
“Hey man, that is one of the coolest looking trucks I’ve ever seen!”
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Doin’ the Dirty? Why not try Fuso’s new 510 Tipper
One of the stars on the Daimler stand at the Brisbane Truck Show was Fuso’s Shogun 510 S Tipper. With its black on white livery and ‘510HP’ emblazoned on its doors and visor – along with possibly the best-looking bull bar ever made – the truck attracted a lot of attention from those in the market for such a vehicle.
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Test driving the Scania R660 V8
When the phone buzzes and the email says it’s from Scania, my hand goes to open it up almost before my mind has finished reading the headline. Hopefully they want to put me into something, I think to myself.
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Iveco S-Way: S for slick, smooth and silent
For some time now Iveco dealers in Australia have been hanging out for a solution to undeservedly low market share in the heavy-duty sector.
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Is the new fit for purpose Iveco a game-changer?
So, you’re in the market for a European truck. Question: Have you considered Iveco? I’d wager that you probably haven’t. Well maybe you should read on and be enlightened.
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