Clearly today, the pickup truck is no longer a utilitarian workhorse. It has evolved into a family/lifestyle vehicle first and only as a workhorse, second. This is even more true now with the all new Ford Ranger Wildtrak. Pickup truck manufacturers are offering ever more sophisticated products as they are keen to cash in on […]
Volvo Buses today unveiled its new intercity coach range at the Busworld 2016 in Bengaluru. The New Volvo 9400 range includes the Volvo 9400 12m coach, the best-selling Volvo 9400 13.8m multi-axle coach and the Volvo 9400 14.5m coach where the 11lt. engine is upgraded to meet the upcoming BS-IV emission regulations. The Volvo 9400 […]
One of the challenges facing commercial fleet operators is the struggle to deal with cost pressures. The issue of lowering fleet costs stems from, among several factors, the instability of global prices of crude oil. With crude oil prices impacting world currencies, fleet operators are faced with keeping their expenses in check while managing their […]
AE Systems today celebrates its 7,000th delivery of a series hybrid-electric system for buses by meeting orders from a transit agency in Canada. The delivery marks a major milestone towards greater vehicle electrification of the transit bus market. Global demand for hybrid-electric and fully electric transit solutions is increasing as more legislation is passed setting […]
This is the SML Isuzu LT 134PR 12-metre inter-city luxury coach. This rear-engined single-axle long distance bus specifically targets the expanding luxury segment, dominated by Volvo 9400 (4×2) and Scania Metrolink (4×2). With acclaimed robustness and reliability of the Isuzu Motors, the LT 134 is also fairly equipped with comfort and safety features. Going by […]
The 7-seater Isuzu mu-X lifestyle SUV marked a memorable debut in the 2016 Borneo Safari International Offroad Challenge when it won the ‘Vehicle of the Year’ Award. According to Borneo Safari Organising Committee Chairman Faez A Nordin, this year’s event was the toughest in 12 years. Daily rains caused a two-day delay as the nearly […]
Ford commercial vehicles (CV) sales year-to-date have already exceeded 100,000 – for the first time ever in October. This record has been reached with two sales months of the year remaining, as Ford’s UK market leadership remains unchallenged across cars, CVs and total vehicle sales. Andy Barratt, Ford of Britain chairman and managing director, said: […]
This new electric driven MAN truck is based on a MAN TGS 4×2 GLS-TS semitrailer tractor with an 18 t permissible total weight. Driving this pioneering MAN City Truck concept vehicle is a 250 kW electric motor which delivers its 2700 Nm of torque to the rear axle via a propshaft. Depending on use, the […]
Scania continues to reinforce its position in the Indonesian bus market. Transjakarta has now placed an order for 150 low-entry city buses in addition to the previously ordered 110 3-axle Scania buses that will be delivered later this year. The public transport operator in the Indonesian capital already has 108 articulated Euro 6 Scania gas […]
Lars Mårtensson, Director Environment and Innovation at Volvo Trucks (Sweden) was in Kuala Lumpur recently to attend the SPAD conference in KLCC on Environment impact with the public transport. This was Lars Mårtensson’s first visit to Malaysia and he was ready to meet some environmental issues, however he was quite surprised with the quality of […]
