New Cummins in the DAF XG+

In this video, we get to hear the sound of the new Cummins in the DAF XG+. This new engine from Cummins, the X15D looks to be game changer for the engine maker, coming in lighter and smaller than it’s predecessor, the X 15, and opens up a number of new possibilities for Cummins in the applications where it can be fitted.
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walk around inside the DAF XG+

Walk Around Inside the DAF XG+

If you didn’t get a chance to have a walk around inside the DAF XG+ cabin at the Brisbane Truck Show earlier in the year, we have a guided tour of the cabin on video to give you an idea of what to expect when the truck does arrive in 2024.
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660hp, Iveco debut, a MAN Range plus electric Isuzu and Volvo

Innovation All Round

Looking back on the truck show it was innovation all round in Brisbane, there were a few standouts on the many stands including a 660hp DAF, Iveco debut, a MAN Range plus electric Isuzu and Volvo. Here is some more detail on those exhibits.
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a comprehensive tour of the XG+

A Comprehensive Tour of the XG+

After its successful debut at the Brisbane Truck Show, there has been a lot of interest in the DAF XG+, here’s a comprehensive tour of the XG+ from Europe which gives us a better look at the detail of the new design.
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Most Successful DAF

Looking Back at the Most Successful DAF

Five years ago, Will Shiers, PowerTorque’s European Correspondent, talking about the predecessor of the new International Truck of the Year, looking back at the most successful DAF in Australia, the DAF CF85.
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this truck is a serious step up

This Truck is a Serious Step Up

Here’s PowerTorque’s European correspondent, Will Shiers, explaining how the new DAF XD model won the International Truck of the Year 2023, and explained how much this truck is a serious step up it is from previous the CF model.
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conventional mirrors replaced by cameras

Conventional Mirrors Replaced by Cameras

The DAF’s New Generation XF which PowerTorque’s European Correspondent, Will Shiers, drove was fitted with DAF’s new Digital Vision System, which sees conventional mirrors replaced by cameras located high up on the sides of the cab, with images projected onto screens mounted on the A-pillars. Like Mercedes-Benz’s MirrorCam system, the camera pans while cornering, always keeping the rear of the trailer in the centre. Lines appear on the screens, identifying the rear of the trailer (to aid manoeuvring), and informing the driver when it’s safe to pull in after overtaking another vehicle.
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get the inside story on the new DAF

Get the Inside Story on the New DAF

PowerTorque’s European Correspondent, Will Shiers, recently had the chance to drive an MX-11-powered DAF XF 450 FT 4×2 prime mover with 3-axle tanker trailer in Malaga, in the south of Spain, to get the inside story on the new DAF.
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first drive in DAF’s New Generation XF

First Drive in DAF’s New Generation XF

In his latest report from Europe, PowerTorque’s correspondent there, Will Shiers travels to Spain for a first drive in DAF’s New Generation XF, named last week as International Truck of the Year 2022 by a jury of 24 commercial vehicle editors and senior journalists.
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Truck Innovation of the Year

Truck Innovation of the Year

DAF’s XF Hydrogen, a prototype of a hydrogen-fuelled heavy-duty truck with an internal combustion engine has won the 2022 Truck Innovation of the Year.
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