Dais offer of a drive in a Kenworth 1700 and a Peterbilt 587 was too good to miss. So, who builds better trucks... them or us? By Brian......

MADE N AMER CA

How is the Stateside truck industry facing up to the challenge of an increasingly competitive global market? Oliver Dixon reports from the 2006......

BATTLE OF THE NIVIEN

If you want to sell a chassis in today's refuse collection market it had better have a low-entry cab. CM has taken the top two refuse trucks and......

GERMAN EYES ( ■ T BELGIUM

HE few technical novelties that are to be seen at this year's Brussels Salon, which opened last Saturday and closes next Wednesday, are secondary......

Picture the scene. Driver: "Eh boss, is that right my

new motor is one of those little Volvo FMs... what's happened to my FH?" Gaffer: "Gone, old son. From now on, we're not buying any more big cabs......

Bedfords: a range of or for world markets

SINCE their introduction to the UK market in 1931, over three million Bedfords have been built. This milestone was reached in 1 978 when the two......

Stirling-engined coach

at Brussels from Tony Wilding, Brussels • There can be no doubt that the highlight of the Brussels Salon De l'Automobile which opened on Tuesday......

Dustcarts in Reading are collecting the rubbish quietly...

W ith all the focus on liquefied petro leum gas (LPG) and compressed natural gas (CNG), the merits of liquefied natural gas (LNG) have been......

Spoilt for choice at RAI

Holland is the land of steering axles and transport solutions, and the Amsterdam truck show is fantastically diverse. Not just a trade show, this......

Landtrain just keeps on rolling along

1HE EFFECTS of the unpre:edented attack on the British ;ommercial vehicle market ;ince the late Sixties are still )eing acutely felt. The......