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When you make thousands of variants of a truck it is hard to have every option available from launch. This is why DAF are evolving their XD model with their latest development, the introduction of a new 6.7-litre PACCAR PX-7 driveline with outputs of up to 310 hp. The XD with PX-7 engine is available…

After the surprise announcement that Laurence Drake is departing DAF Trucks after almost 23 years at the manufacturer, the company has announced his replacement. David J. Kiss is to be appointed Managing Director at DAF Trucks in the UK and will report to Richard Zink, Director Marketing & Sales, at DAF Trucks headquarters in Eindhoven….

If you are buying a new tractor unit for long haul, it’s likely that you would want to buy the one with the best fuel economy. However, it takes time to try out all the makes and models on the market yourself – assuming you could get all the demonstrators in the first place. So,…

View Full 2023 Year Truck Sales Figures Here UK truck registrations – fourth consecutive quarterly increase Let’s start with some good news for a change. There actually is a triple whammy of good news to the start of 2023 – the registrations of new trucks were up over 17% on the first quarter of 2022,…

44 Tonne Long Haul Tractor Units With tractor units, there is no ‘one size fits all’ so we would need to look at the categories of operations that a tractor unit might be used for. We should also consider the best ‘new’ tractor unit and the best ‘used’. For example, there are hardly any DAF…

If you are looking at the 7.5 tonne truck market for the first time, there is a reasonable choice of makes and models available – both new and used. We take a look at the best options for you, depending on the duty cycle the truck will be put to. First of all, regardless of…

After learning that Volvo Trucks are testing their hydrogen fuel cell trucks on public roads and aim to have them in series production ‘in the second half of this decade’, DAF’s parent company, PACCAR have gone one step further. The company has revealed that, though an expansion in their joint effort with Toyota Motor North…

Series production of XD and XF Electric to start in summer 2023 DAF’s completely new assembly plant for battery electric trucks was officially opened by Micky Adriaansens, the Dutch minister of Economic Affairs and Climate. The new facility has been commissioned at DAF’s main production site in Eindhoven, the Netherlands and will be instrumental in…

DAF have done well in growing the number of trucks in the Fifth Gear Transport Services fleet – it will increase from almost zero to 35 trucks over the courser of months. The impressive cabs of the new trucks plus fuel savings of around 10% means that there should be more DAF trucks heading to…

DAF LF 7.5 to 19 tonnes GVW (to end 2023) DAF’s lightweight truck from 7.5 tonnes to 18 tonnes GVW.  The smaller models can be driven on a car licence (if the driver is old enough to have Granddad’s rights…) The LF shares a cab with the Renault Midlum/ Range D – in fact, the…

DAF is historically a Dutch company, founded back in 1928 and has made buses, cars and trucks over the years.  There were plenty of ups and downs, but after the low point of bankruptcy in 1993 after a failed run with the UK’s Leyland (remember Leyland DAF trucks?). Fortunately the company was saved in 1996…

Being a truck technician has not been seen historically as a glamourous role. Over the years, the truck manufacturers have been running initiatives to address this issue and DAF are no exception. The company has just launched its DAF Heroes programme, the online knowledge and skills competition for DAF Technicians at the company’s 137 locations…

It usually takes some time to replace the thousands of model options in a truck range when a new cab is launched. DAF have recently rolled out their brand-new cab designs for the XF, XG and XD ranges, starting with the more straightforward, relatively low hanging fruit – think tractor units and dry freight applications….

Sounds like a good company to work for – at Bolshaw Industrial Powders the drivers get to choose their own preferred make of truck. With six or so drivers does this result in six different brands? The end result could be hard to manage, but certainly rewarding for the drivers involved. The company has taken…

Not sure many truck operators will be overly impressed with the ‘challenge’ of covering about 1200 miles in a week in a truck, but that’s what will happen in the EV Rally ’23 that DAF Trucks has just signed-up to. The driving event encompasses the UK and Ireland which will start in Cardiff before heading…

An order of 75 electric trucks should be big news these days. However, Asset Alliance’s order of 75 electric DAF trucks has to be put in perspective alongside a further 1,425 DAFs in the same order that are diesel powered. That’s about half of one percent of the total order. It definitely shows that Asset…

View Full 2023 Year Truck Sales Figures Here Last year was the first almost ‘normal’ year for the new truck industry since pre-covid in 2019. There remain component supply issues for manufacturers and lead times are longer than operators would like, but UK sales volumes were up almost across the board for all truck manufacturers….

Aberdeenshire haulier, William Nicol (Aberdeen) Ltd., has welcomed into its growing fleet two New Generation DAF XG+ 530 six-wheel tractor units with DAF’s ‘FTG’ 6×2 mid-lift axle configuration. The trucks have proven to be exceptionally productive, with the tanker operator already placing an order for two same-spec vehicles set to be delivered in 2023. Supplied…

The company has certainly had a busy time with the introduction of new models, the big reveal of their imminent electric truck range plus selling more trucks than ever before. The company led the market for tractor unit sales in Europe last year – no mean feat. Market Leader With a market share of 17.3%…

At least from the outset it would appear that the new electric DAF trucks range will not be taking place at their Leyland factory in the UK where all U market trucks are currently assembled. This may change when volumes in the UK increase, but it certainly indicates where DAF think that the demand for…