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Mercedes-Benz trucks are taking over at Bristol-based heavy plant and machinery mover, Plant Speed.  Thanks to a concerted effort at Mercedes Truck dealer, City West Commercials, more than half the 16-strong fleet are from the German manufacturer. The latest Mercedes to join the fleet is a new 32-tonne Mercedes Arocs 3246.  With a flat-floored BigSpace…

MAN Trucks is spending a wad of cash on the dealer network – some £20 million to be precise.  There have been a series of recent openings of new MAN dealerships with Gateshead finished in November 2019. Replacing their existing Earlshead facility that has dealt with MAN trucks since 1996, the new dealership is on…

A more common site emptying the dustbins from house to house, the Mercedes Econic is a prolific sight on the UK’s roads on bin day. However, an adventurous and canny scaffolding company has decided that the low-entry cab with excellent pedestrian visibility is the way forward as a scaffold truck for their operation. For some…

The Actros has won the top truck award yet again – the model range has taken International Truck of the Year no fewer than five times now. It does help that the model is not in its 25th year – it was originally launched back in 1997 when ‘MMMBop’ was number one in the UK…

You’ll have to be fast, as MAN Trucks are only making a ‘small production run’ of their MAN TGM 26.360 E LL rigid truck and they are likely to go to the companies that have already been running MAN’s electric trucks on trial. Nine Austrian & German companies have been running one of these electric…

Scania’s brand new heavy truck range, the S-Series has suffered a minor setback in the naming convention. As though it isn’t difficult enough to keep track of what the model numbers are for trucks, the Swedish manufacturer is having a bit of a t-do with Daimler, the owner of Mercedes-Benz trucks and passenger cars.  The…

Scania’s R450 has won the award to prove it has the lowest fuel consumption in its class– according to a German comparison test sponsored by trade publications VerkehrsRundschau and Trucker. This is the third time Scania has taken the accolade, “Green Truck”No fewer than thirteen vehicles were competing for the title and the best economic…

Britcom has announced the promotion of two long standing members of staff to Associate Director positions. Britcom is a very successful company with an excellent reputation for supplying good quality commercial vehicles in both export and UK markets, as well as operating a vehicle engineering and bodyshop business. Throughout the significant growth over the years,…

Scania have shown off their newest invention – a truck without a cab.  The casual observer would question the logic of such a thing; where is the driver going to sit? Is it remote control? The answer is that there is no driver and the truck can drive itself.  Of course that is a type…

For the third successive year, the DAF LF series has been crowned Truck of the Year at the annual Commercial Fleet Awards in the United Kingdom. In addition, the Manufacturer of the Year award also went to DAF Trucks. DAF thereby seized the two most important truck related awards of this 2019 award ceremony. The…

Customers buying a used truck from DAF’s approved used ‘First Choice’ program  will now benefit from a manufacturer-backed warranty – assuming certain criteria have been met. To get the full warranty, the truck will have to be less than four years old.  If the truck is as much as five years old there is still…

As if a V8 Scania wasn’t at the top of most people’s truck shopping list, then Scania choose to bring out a new, flagship version of their S-Series to celebrate the 50th anniversary of an engine. It shows the passion surrounding these machines that we can celebrate the anniversary of an engine. You would need…

Robin Easton, current Managing Director of DAF Trucks in the UK has received a promotion to Assistant General Manager Operations – a senior role in the PACCAR Financial organisation.  This demonstrates the significance of the American parent company’s finance business. Robin is no stranger to the PACCAR organisation – he has already run PACCAR India…

Like all truck manufacturers, Iveco produces tonnes of information when launching a new range of trucks.  For people researching used trucks and vans, this is a vital source of information to find out what was available on the trucks when launched.  There is tonnes of detail here that will help any operator looking to find…

Mercedes provide a wealth of information regarding their new vehicle launches, but this information becomes difficult to access for used truck buyers, as the information available from official websites cover current models, not past ones. For this reason, we publish the full blurb and make it accessible to used truck buyers looking for an Actros…

We publish the launch information for trucks when they are new so that the information remains for used truck buyers some years later. It is important to know what the improvements were at the time in case a buyer is looking at the model prior to the new launch. Check out all the used DAF…

At the time that the new Iveco Eurocargo was launched in 2015, the manufacturer produces a wealth of information that is useful for used truck buyers when making a decision which model year to buy. It is a shame that this information often disappears when the model is subsequently replaced.To help used truck buyers, Truckpages…

Mercedes produce a wealth of information when launching a new range of trucks.  For people researching used trucks this is a vital source of information to find out what was available on the trucks when launched.  There is tonnes of detail here that will help any operator looking to buy a used Actros SLT –…

Every truck manufacturer provides acres of information at the time of launching a new truck.  Some of this is printed at the time, but over the years it goes missing and used truck buyers who are researching which model year truck to buy often find that there is little detail to help in their purchasing…

The last member of the Mercedes-Benz truck family that underwent a complete makeover is the Mercedes-Benz Atego with Euro VI in 2013, now coming on stage to continue its career in the short-radius distribution segment from 6.5 to 16 t gross vehicle weight sector. This version of the Mercedes-Benz Atego retains its benchmark position in…