The UK’s first journalist behind the wheel of the Scania 770S, PowerTorque’s European Correspondent, Will Shiers, drives the world’s most powerful production truck and lives to tell the tale. Read more
Is the Scania Big Cab Coming to Australia?
Australian truck buyers are always on the look-out for a longer cabin length and will be asking the question, is the Scania big cab coming to Australia? Read more
Designing, Building and Testing New Technologies
Group Trucks Technology (GTT) is the part of the Volvo business working on projects to develop future product, designing, building and testing new technologies into the Volvo Group truck mix. The GTT team in Australia are part of a 6,000 strong global team. Read more
Possibility of a New Australian Made Fire Truck
With the arrival of the first new Volvo FM Crew cab in Australia, it introduces the possibility of a new Australian made fire truck coming onto the market. Read more
The New Normal For Trailer Building
Just what the new normal for trailer building will look like was the topic for discussion when PowerTorque sat down with MaxiTrans CEO and Managing Director Dean Jenkins to talk about how the trailer business is travelling. Read more
An Innovation Which Has Been a Long Time Coming
In the UD Trucks range, an innovation which has been a long time coming, is an integrated seat belt. This type of thing has long been standard on models from other manufacturers, especially the Europeans. Historically, UD has been tardy in bringing in good quality air suspended seats with integrated seat belts, but on the new 8×4, and now on all Quon trucks, they have made it in the end. Read more
Truck Sales Boom Set to Continue
With the release of the latest truck sales figures, they show the truck sales boom set to continue, according to the latest results published for May truck sales in Australia by the Truck Industry Council. Read more
A UD Model to Fit in Most Segments
With the arrival of the 8×4 version of the UD Quon there is now a UD model to fit in most segments of the heavy duty truck sector with the choice of 11 and 8 litre engines as power plants. Meanwhile the Croner is able to handle several high volume sectors in the medium duty truck market. Read more
Getting Rid of the Logbook
The truck driving community may finally be getting rid of the logbook, but only if they start using the electronic work diary. PowerTorque tests one of them out in the real world. Read more
Isuzu’s Ready-To-Work Range – More Than Just A Truck
Over three decades of market leadership in any industry affords you a prized vantage point to truly understand the needs and wants of your customer base, a fact demonstrated by Isuzu’s Ready-To-Work range – more than just a truck. Read more