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NOVEMBER SALES SOFTEN EVEN MORE – BUT LIGHt AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL ACCORDING TO LEADING BRANDS

With just one month to run in 2025 the November sales figures for the commercial vehicle industry have been revealed showing the slow down in the market has continued. Industry pundits however say the slow [...]
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NEW LEASE ON LIFE – MAJOR FLEET MANAGEMENT COMPANY TEAMS WITH TECH COMPANY TO HELP GREEN TRANSPORT FLEET

One of Australia and NZ’s major fleet management companies, Custom Fleeet has announced a strategic partnership with Carbn Group, which it claims will help its customers transition to smarter, cleaner and more cost-eﬃcient mobility solutions. [...]
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IF YOU CAN’T BEAT ‘EM, JOIN ‘EM! SCANIA UNVEILS ITS NEW CHINA BUILT TRUCK RANGE

Scania and its parent, the Traton Group has made a big splash in China this week , unveiling what it calls its “Next Era” which it describes as a prime mover product range built in [...]
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MAKING HAY – THE NHVR FARMING THE FINE LIMITS BUT FORCED TO BACK DOWN

AUSTRALIA’S Heavy Vehicle Regulator has apparently had to back down after a Victorian farmer contested a $398 fine for carrying two bales of hay on his front tractor forks across a road. The farmer, Graham [...]
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COULD AUSTRALIA HAVE A WORLD DRIVERS CHAMPION – EVEN IF OSCAR DOESN’T WIN?

A European organisation has put out a call to what it calls the International driver community for the UICR Professional Driver World Championshiop, to be held on Germany in September next year. UICR is the [...]

PUNCHIN’ DUTY ! FORD LAUNCHES NEW IMPRESSIVE HEAVY DUTY RANGER

November 26, 2025

Ford has launched what it believes will be a game changer in the of road working vehicle market with the new Ranger Super Duty making its debut to the transport media last week. The Ranger […]

VOLKSWAGEN LAUNCHES ELECTRIC ARSENAL AND UPDATED COMMERCIAL RANGE

November 11, 2025

Volkswagen has taken the covers off its latest generation T7 Transporter range including new battery electric models along with an updated Crafter large van and its electric ‘retro kombi’ ID.Buzz Cargo and the revised Caddy. […]

FORD PLUGS INTO ELECTIFICATION AND ALL WHEEL DRIVE WITH REVAMPED TRANSIT CUSTOM RANGE

November 10, 2025

The Transit name plate has been a constant for Ford for the past six decades and while the style and design philosophy has changed dramatically over those 60 years there are few other commercial nameplates […]

JUNGHEINRICH RECKONS ELECTRIC VOLKSWAGEN VANS ARE ALL THE BUZZ

October 13, 2025

According to global provider of sustainable material handling solutions, Jungheinrich it has become one of the first companies in Australia to integrate Volkswagen’s new electric vans into its operations . Jungheinrich, is a German based […]

DAILY TALLY – IVECO’S VAN HITS 1.8 MILLION

October 23, 2024

Iveco has revealed it recently celebrated the unusual production milestone of 1.8 million Daily vehicles manufactured at the company’s Suzzara plant at Mantua in Italy. We say unusual because while it is a significant number, […]

WHAT’S THE BUZZ, TELL ME WHAT THE FUSS IS ABOUT? VW ANNOUNCES IMMINENT ARRIVAL OF ELECTRIC ‘KOMBI’

September 12, 2024

Volkswagen has confirmed the new-age electrified version of its venerable Kombi, the ID. Buzz range, will be launched in Australia before the end of the year and has published a list of prices for the […]

SOFT SELL – TRUCK SALES SOFTEN AGAIN IN JUNE

July 3, 2025

The Australian commercial vehicle market continued its ever so gentle softening in June, with registration figures showing a 5.2 per cent drop on the same month in 2024 as the long tail of trucks coming […]

SMOOTH OPERATOR – 780 GOOD REASONS WHY VOLVO’S BIG BANGER IS A MASTERPIECE

April 7, 2025

There is a strand of thinking in road transport today that looks at smaller engines, not bigger ones, another that looks at down speeding to reduce revs and decrease fuel consumption and another that combines […]

COMPANY CAR – ABARTH 500E – AN ELECTRIC CITY FUN CAR WITH A STING IN THE TAIL

March 2, 2025

When it comes to reading a review of a potential Company Car in a heavy vehicle publication then you couldn’t get anything more incongruous than a review of Fiat’s sexy little Abarth 500e, an electric […]

DAIMLER’S NEW ELECTRIC TRUCKS – TESTED

July 4, 2024

JOEL HELMES recently flew to Melbourne to drive the latest battery electric offerings from truck giant Daimler and posed the question: where are we at with the still most likely only partial electrification of the […]

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