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D or the past three years European based manufacturers have
Page 32 from 7th November 2002been busy setting up used truck divisions to handle their buy-backs and fleet tractors. The smaller, more versatile truck builders, like Foden......
/ Thoroughly practical is not perhaps the most flattering...
Page 24 from 27th August 1992to the introduction of a new vehicle but this was how the Design Council summed up the C 40 cab used for the Leyland T45 Roadtrain 4x2 tractive......
Focusing on the future
Page 16 from 14th October 2010The chairman and CEO of Paccar rarely gives any interviews, so it was with some trepidation that CM took a seat in front of him at the recent IAA......
Korea moves down south
Page 22 from 15th October 1998Commercial Motor normally restricts its US truck exhibition coverage to mega-events, such as the Mid-America Show. But it is important to seize any......
That was the year...
Page 13 from 7th July 2005CM was launched in 1905; for our centenary year we're bringing you stories from years gone by. This week we're back in 1930 and 1980. Civil unrest......
• In October 1980 Foden was a "traditional" British truck
Page 32 from 23rd April 1992manufacturer with more than its share of financial problems. Then it was snapped up by the American truck giant Paccar, manufacturer of the classic......
Smoother cab from Sandbac
Page 13 from 9th May 1987• Foden has replaced its long-running S10 Series with a new range called the 4000, which features a new cab on the existing chassis. The latest......
Turbo Roadrunner
Page 19 from 17th September 1987• Leyland Daf has launched a range of 108kW (145hp) versions of its Roadrunner, using the turbocharged version of its 300 Series engine, which is......
Volvo makes an emotional appeal to US
Page 8 from 17th February 2005VOLVO BELIEVES its new VT880 tractor unithas the emotional appeal that its VN range lacks,and it's depending on the debutante to win it a......
Leyland drawbars
Page 20 from 24th March 1984LEYLAND TRUCKS has derived two new 32.5 tonnes gtw drawbar models, aimed primarily at the car transporter market, from its Roadtrain and Cruiser......