Trucks

Very Different Volvo From the Outside

Very Different Volvo From the Outside

PowerTorque’s European Correspondent, Will Shiers reckons the new FH16 Aero looks like a very different Volvo from the outside, but he gets the impression the R&D budget ran dry by the time the designers turned their attention to the interior.
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New Levels of Safety and Efficiency

New Levels of Safety and Efficiency

The story of the Western Star X-Series is a story of bringing new levels of safety and efficiency to the brand, without compromising the qualities the brand had been built on over the last 40 years, as the new trucks passed through the design process.
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Massive Electric Sale

Massive Electric Sale

Volvo has struck a massive electric sale, signing a cooperation agreement to provide global logistics company DSV with an order of 300 electric heavy duty trucks.
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A Vehicle Upgrade Out on the Farm

A Vehicle Upgrade Out on the Farm

Descending from a long line of shearers and sheep farmers, Mark Williams is a primary producer and shearer based outside of Goulbourn in New South Wales and needed a vehicle upgrade out on the farm.
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On the Road from Melbourne to Adelaide

On the Road from Melbourne to Adelaide

20 years is a long time in the world of trucks and trucking, it is also the time between Tim Giles’ very first drive of a Mercedes-Benz Actros with a MegaSpace cab and his most recent experience with the latest version of the Mercedes-Benz Actros GigaSpace truck, on the road from Melbourne to Adelaide.
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Top Rating Was Supposed to be 800hp

Top Rating Was Supposed to be 800hp

The new six cylinder D17 engine from Volvo is offered in three horsepower ratings, 600hp, 700hp and 780hp in Europe. PowerTorque’s European Correspondent, Will Shiers, writes he heard a rumour that the top rating was supposed to be 800hp, but that there were issues getting the I-Shift transmission to cope with the additional power and torque.
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Upping the Performance

Upping the Performance

The story of the Western Star X-Series began back in 2014/2015, when the winner of the Truck of the Year Australasia 2024, the Western Star X Series was a long time in the making. At that point in time the team at Penske Commercial vehicles first started looking at a model range to take the brand through the 2020s.
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780hp From the New 17-Litre Engine

780hp From the New 17-Litre Engine

Volvo’s engineers have managed to squeeze out 780hp from the new 17-litre engine, which is just enough for the FH16 to knock arch-rival Scania off the top spot to become Europe’s most powerful production truck, PowerTorque’s European Correspondent, Will Shiers reports.
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Does Size Matter?

Does Size Matter?

It’s a perennial question on many and varied topics, but the question, does size matter? is also relevant in the truck world.
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The Origin of the X Series

The Origin of the X Series

The winner of the Truck of the Year Australasia 2024, the Western Star X Series was a long time in the making. It’s here now and PowerTorque has looked into the origin of the X Series, a ground breaking range of trucks for the Australasian market.
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