Built by Florida-based East Coast Defender, the “Honey Badger” follows the company’s previous “Project Sandstorm” project and has received more than just an engine transplant as it has been subjected to several other hardware changes like a revised transfer case with a limited slip differential, along with a Borla exhaust system In addition, the brake […]
Renault Trucks is continuing its research into improving the energy efficiency of trailer trucks. The FALCON project has set out to develop a complete heavy goods combination to demonstrate an ambitious potential to reduce fuel consumption and therefore CO2 emissions through innovative design. Lower fuel consumption is at the core of the development of Renault […]
Leading truck manufacturer MAN Truck & Bus UK has supplied recovery experts Lantern Recovery with a top-spec MAN TGX 26.560 6×4. It will be going in to operation as a commercial vehicle recovery unit largely covering London and the Home Counties. James Miles Ogden, head of business development at Lantern, said: “We run a fleet […]
This is UVC’s flagship USD285,000, Chevrolet LS3 V-8 powered Land Rover Defender pickup. The company behind this project is East Coast Defender and it was founded by 3 self-prescribed “British petrol heads”; brothers Tom and Elliot Humble, as well as their close friend Scott Wallace. Growing up near the famous Lode Lane factory in England, […]
Time to dress up your Toyota Hilux with original TRD (Toyota Racing Development) accessories. Here is what your Hilux could look like in the flesh. Rugged and bold, this truck could be yours. The Hilux TRD is obviously Toyota’s answer to other “sports variant” offerings of other manufacturers in the hotly contested segment and it […]
MAN Truck and Bus (M) Sdn Bhd (MTBM) has extended its warranty period for its parts and services from one year to two years. The extended warranty applies to all repairs carried out in MAN service centres from 2017 onwards, including any MAN Genuine Parts, MAN Genuine Parts ecoline and MAN Genuine Accessories installed as […]
We all thought that the classic Hummer H1 was retired for good but now we fund out that this original troop transport vehicle is simply not dead! As early as 2006 GM had discontinued the Hummer H1, then in 2013 it came back to the market as a kit vehicle for the price of 60,000 […]
This new Google company led by CEO John Krafcik, exists under the Google parent company Alphabet. Waymo is responsible for developing self-driving technology and will explore opportunities in trucking, logistics and automaker partnerships. Alphabet Inc.’s self-driving car unit Waymo is now working on developing self-driving trucks. Waymo, which is looking to expand its self-driving car efforts, […]
This new Ranger variant looks different because it has been given an urban look with all the chromed visuals replaced with matt black and gloss black finish. Ford has also added ‘Roof Rails’ and the FX4 gets a new exterior colour scheme (Painted Front Grill, Rear Bumper, Exterior Mirror, Fog Lamp Bezel and Door Handles). […]
Here is a very modern interpretation of the classic Defender. On the design front, the Kahn Design Defender 90 gets the usual signature touches of the Chelsea Truck Company in the form of wide wheel arches that has integrated air vents and bolt apertures. You will also find X-Lander grille that looks butch, classy and […]
