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It’s highly unusual to see a large truck order being made up of new and used trucks. Still, if you need the trucks urgently and current manufacturing issues mean that the lead times are too great, then why not? Late used trucks these days have plenty of life left in them. That’s what flexible truck…

If you are looking to buy a new truck, then it pays to know if you are ordering from a major player or an also ran. To help you out, here are some bang up-to-date statistics, published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The market is down this year, but companies have…

MAN Truck & Bus took the wraps off their new electric TGX tractor unit by showing it being driven for the first time as they prepare for the truck to run through pre-production trials. Due to be launched on the market in 2024, the big news is the truck’s capacity for future megawatt charging. ABB…

MAN is restarting truck production this week. Production had been at a standstill for six weeks since mid-March due to supply shortfalls caused by the Ukraine war at MAN’s truck plants in Munich and Krakow. MAN’s components plants in Nuremberg and Salzgitter are now also gradually ramping up their capacities again. The restart in Munich…

Trucks can’t run without wiring harnesses and if your wiring harnesses are made in factories that are now in a war zone, then you have problems. That’s the issue MAN is facing with a virtual standstill over the last two weeks at their main Munich plant and a plant in Kraow which uses truck harnesses…

MAN Truck & Bus is accelerating the change to zero-emission commercial vehicles. Production of heavy-duty e-trucks in Munich is now scheduled to begin as early as the beginning of 2024 with delivery of an initial 200 units. This is almost a year earlier than originally planned. MAN presented a near-production prototype of the new electric…

Scania’s new drivetrain won a key comparison victory in the most famous comparison test of them all, Germany’s ‘1000 Punkte’. Just two months after its launch, the Scania Super has already won its first comparative test. The new Super-based powertrain was decisive for Scania’s fourth victory in a row in Germany’s renowned ‘1000 Punkte’ (1000…

MAN Truck & Bus delivered significantly more commercial vehicles to its customers in 2021, almost reaching the level before the outbreak of the pandemic. However, the distortions in the supply chains, particularly in the semi-conductor sector, remain a challenge for the company. MAN delivered a total of just under 94,000 new vehicles to its customers,…

Family owned specialist corn and animal feed merchants, H. Walton Ltd of Old Goole in East Yorkshire, has recently taken delivery of their first new New Generation MAN Trucks. The new vehicles, in their traditional H Walton Ltd Brunswick green and gold lettering livery, will work across the business delivering a wide range of bagged…

The three leading commercial vehicle manufacturing groups Daimler Truck, (Mercedes & Fuso), the TRATON GROUP, (MAN & Scania) and Volvo Group (Volvo & Renault) have now signed an agreement to create a joint venture (JV) to install and operate a charging network for battery electric, heavy-duty long-haul trucks and coaches across Europe. EU500 Million Investment…

MAN Truck & Bus has started the groundworks for a new brownfield facility in Stockton-on-Tees. Development and building works have now commenced next door to the existing site, which remains fully open and operational, with the newly planned facility opening its doors in August 2022. Stefan Thyssen, Managing Director of MAN Truck & Bus UK…

On the day that Volvo Trucks announced that a UK business had ordered two electric trucks for use as tippers, MAN Truck & Bus reveal their response to a study into the feasibility of operating Battery Electric Trucks (BETs). The feasibility study “Delivery traffic with battery trucks: Feasibility 2021” published as part of the project…

MAN Truck & Bus UK Ltd has appointed ex-VW Vans fleet sales manager, Tracey Perry as Head of Van for MAN Truck & Bus UK Ltd. Tracey succeeds Daniel Holbein who is leaving Man Truck & Bus UK Ltd to take up a new position in MAN’s headquarters in Munich. Van Specialist Tracey has extensive…

There’s no FOMO at South Wales Haulier Inter-Haul Pallet Services.  They run an exclusive MAN fleet and are happy that they are not missing out by rejecting other manufacturers. The Pontypridd based transport operation cites outstanding levels of customer service and a long-term trusted partnering relationships with their local MAN dealer, WG Davies, and MAN…

Being the boss of Scania trucks would be a big enough job for most of us.  Not so Christian Levin, the current Scania CEO.  He has just been appointed the CEO of Scania’s parent company, Traton Group which also owns MAN Truck & Bus. The merger of the two roles means that the Scania chief…

Both part of the VW-owned Traton group, Scania and MAN are starting to realise the benefits of working together as far as components are concerned. The construction of a  new engine factory has just started in Bavaria, Germany where MAN will manufacture their new Common Base Engine (CBE). This is the joint platform for future…

In January 2021 MAN Truck & Bus UK Ltd announced the purchase of the HRVS Group and, in so doing, acquired five dealerships located across Central England: Ripley, Stoke-on-Trent, Sheffield, Scunthorpe and Sleaford, as well as a customer workshop in Burton upon Trent. David Littlejohn, Head of Branches UK, MAN Truck & Bus UK Ltd,…

The Myers Group based in Maidstone Kent has just taken delivery of four new New Generation MAN TGX tractors. Operating from their Maidstone base and throughout all Eastern and South Eastern UK ports the new 6×2 tractors, all with the GX cabs, join the Myers Group fleet of 72 vehicles. These latest vehicles follow two…

Specialist scrap metal merchants and recyclers, steel stockholders and used vehicle parts suppliers T-Met Ltd of Northern Ireland MAN up with the arrival of their first New Generation TGS 8×4 hookloader. The Truck Buyer Established in 2000 T-Met Ltd has grown to become one of the largest recyclers and exporters of scrap metals in Northern…

MAN Truck & Bus UK Ltd have just announced the best truck dealers in their network with their 2021 Dealer of the Year gong show. The Awards held annually recognise and celebrate the achievements of the MAN Dealer Network; both the independent and company owned sites. Through a series of regular checks and measures those…