In the summer of 2012, lastauto omnibus drove the brand-new Mercedes Antos. It was so new that the headlights were still covered with the stickers generally used to disguise prototypes. The first impression of the testers: the Mercedes Antos looks darn similar to the Actros, its big brother. The medium-length driver’s cab of the Mercedes …
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The 11.99-ton Iveco Eurocargo 120E25 is Iveco’s best-seller. It has a market share of approx. 20 percent Europe-wide and is often only second to Mercedes in sales figures. This works, although the Iveco Eurocargo 120E25 is not a 100% toll avoider. Its design spells tractor for trailer operation. This is backed up by 251 HP, …
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Saving around 10,000 €, lower fuel consumption, more payload—models such as the MAN TGS, Mercedes Axor, Scania G and Volvo FM offer a lot of truck in comparison to their larger siblings, and they make the hearts of shippers and movers beat faster. This was enough reason for lastauto omnibus and FERNFAHRER magazines to take …
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A displacement of 1000 cubic inches (16,4 liters), eight cylinders, 730 HP—no other production truck in 2011 had more power than the Scania R 730 V8 Topline. These enticed FERNFAHRER magazines to have professional drivers test this monster at the wheel. Scania R 730 Takes Off With Gusto Dirk Kappesser from Rutsweiler liked the Swedish …
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In spring 2011, lastauto omnibus magazine tested a MAN TGX 18.400. It had a D2066 six-cylinder engine and a fairly large XLX driver’s cab. A truck for large fleets? Well, trucks in fleets should, first of all, be economical. The 10.5-liter (640 cubic inches), six-cylinder engine in the MAN TGX 18.400 left the testers satisfied; …
The FH 16-750 lined up behind FH16-700 for the test. It was launched in 2012 using the design of the Volvo F16, which had been introduced 25 years ago. Under the hood, there were new engines, showing the engine development at Volvo during the last 25 years. Let’s look back: the cast-iron TD162 in the …
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Used trucks and busses in Germany have a high level of safety. This is confirmed by the data from the technical inspection agency TÜV Rheinland. The organization reports that TÜV testers found severe defects in only 10.6 percent of vehicles between 7.5 and 18 tons during the main inspection after two years. This number increased …
At the time of its launch, many observers saw Daimler’s Mercedes Axor as a compromise. The chassis was provided by the Actros, and the driver’s cab, by the Atego. And the engine? That came from a bus. And many critics did not like the looks, either. In a nutshell, the Axor was a compromise. However, …
In 2010, lastauto omnibus magazine arranged a meeting of giants: the Scania R 730 and Volvo FH 16-700, the most powerful production trucks worldwide at the time, squared off for the first time. They both had a lot to offer. The Scania R 730 plunked 730 HP and a maximum torque of 2850 lb-ft (3500 …
The Mercedes-Benz SLT tractor unit is well known among heavy-load haulers, and TruckScout24, too, currently has some Swabian “heavy lifters” in form of used trucks in its program. However, the Swabians are now launching a completely new Mercedes-Benz SLT. It completes the introduction of the Mercedes truck series with Euro-6 engines, according to eurotransport.de. Mercedes-Benz …
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