With the new D15 9-litre engine, the MAN TGS 35.400 is aimed at the off-road tipper market that demands a 20-tonne payload – and a sleeper cab. The market for eight-wheel chassis is definitely broadening. Gone are the days when…
Licence legislation changes has seen demand for 7.5-tonners dwindle, but for those wanting a vehicle in this weight category there are two distinct choices – a small ‘big’ truck or a big ‘small’ van chassis. Trucking took out both options…
Scania’s heavy-duty XT range is aimed at operators who take their trucks off-road, or haul the heaviest loads. We take a P410 XT tipper for a fully loaded workout. Go along any motorway or dual-carriageway and you can’t fail to…
Iveco has upped its game with its latest tractor units, with operators offered a choice of diesel or gas engines alongside a wealth of other upgrades and improvements aimed to make S-WAY stand tall alongside its competition. Iveco was one…
Despite having the brand-new S-WAY range to woo customers due imminently, Iveco is still plugging the last knockings of its Stralis models – and for good reasons. The S-WAY won’t be in the UK in right-hand drive form until April…
After the launch of Merc’s Actros 5 in Berlin back in September, the big question was: is this really a ‘new’ truck? The issue was the ‘new’ Actros looked exactly the same as the model it was replacing – except…
Mercedes-Benz has an impressive range of off-road trucks with Unimog and Zetros, and while the latter is (currently) unavailable in the UK as it’s Euro 5 only, the Unimog is the king of off-roaders. You might think there isn’t an…
We put the rugged and robust construction Arocs trucks from Mercedes-Benz to the test off and on the highway. For many years, trucks for working off-road were just beefed-up versions of existing models. While that is still true to a…
Iveco is not the biggest player in the 8×4 construction market, but it has an impressive range of products and its new X-way might well be the best yet. We writers in the specialist road transport press don’t get to…
When it launched Stralis NP (Natural Power) back in 2016, Iveco broke new ground by introducing a tractor unit capable of long-haul work that ran 100 per cent diesel-free. With a quoted range of 1500 km (932 miles) per fill…
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