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Go NG, GO NG
Page 48 from 27th July 20062006 sees the end of not one but two long-time stalwarts of the UK truck manufacturing industry. Bob Tuck looks back with a tear in his eye at......
Now DAF plays the generation game
Page 47 from 13th December 1980The DKSE completes the second generation F2800-Series. That E's for economy, but, as Bill Brock discovered when he took the unit round our test......
oes like clockwork
Page 64 from 27th January 1978The 2.3m (7ft 6in) maximum vehicle width limit is a case in point. The rest of Europe still sticks to the 2.5m maximum width limit for all its......
TRUE TO
Page 29 from 6th March 1997If you follow form, Leyland Daf's 400hp 85 Series is a fancied player in the 38-tonne top-tractor stakes, not least when it comes to fuel economy.......
I n their anxiety to persuade operators to shut their...
Page 46 from 11th January 1996workshops and subcontract servicing to franchised dealers, truck manufacturers often ignore the fact that many in-house teams do much more than......
DAF 95XF 530
Page 26 from 11th January 2001I PRICE AS TESTED: £98,460 (ex-VAT)*. ENGINE: 12.6 litres, 530hp (390kW). GCW: 41.0 tonnes. PAYLOAD: 25.4 tonnes. AVERAGE SPEED: 747km/h (......
etro heaven The past is littered with fondly remembered...
Page 26 from 15th September 2011that have come and gone. CM asked 10 writers for their favourite retro trucks Bob Tuck (freelance journalist) Globetrotter Volvo’s 1979 launch......
Tension mounted as the 11 artics and their ace drivers
Page 62 from 20th September 1990competing in Commercial Motor's fuel economy run mustered in the Midlands. After an exacting 72-hour test the top performer would win through. H......
Strong exports boost Sweden
Page 61 from 1st June 1979Sweden has two of the strongest manufacturers in Europe-but Scandinavia and the Low Countries all boast powerful vehicle exporters. Reporif by......
REVIEW OF THE TESTERS' FLEET
Page 102 from 10th August 1989Date tested: 1-7 June 1989. Design GCW: 40 tonnes. Payload as tested: 24.35 tonnes. Average fuel consumption: 38.0214/ 100km (7.43mpg). Average......