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Delegates at the recent Livestock and Bulk Carriers Association conference at the showgrounds at Wagga Wagga NSW were treated to a display and parade of historic trucks involved in rural road transport in the past. The show saw trucks from the twenties through to the seventies, all running well and with many looking good after [...]

This last weekend saw the unveiling of the new Caterpillar trucks for the Australian market. This was a world premiere, the first time a Caterpillar highway truck has been launched. The company behind the new brand launch, NC², is a joint venture between Navistar, who own International Trucks, and Caterpillar themselves. The launch itself was [...]

The profile of the Navistar Corporation has become quite high in recent months and we can expect it to remain high for the next few months as well. The company have a reputation for talking big and have taken an aggressive stance when dealing with their competitors in the North American market, including a lawsuit [...]

When considering the latest truck brand to enter the Australian truck market the question we need to ask, is about exactly what is an NC2 truck going to be? The inclusion of the C 13 in the first models keeps that Cat legacy going for the Cat enthusiasts and the new MaxxForce 15 is based [...]

The presentation by the people from NC2 at the Melbourne Truck Show was the first chance for many people to see what this new beast will look like. Unfortunately, there were no actual vehicles, in the metal, and even the pictures provided appear to be artists impressions. For those who know the trucking industry in [...]

GeoTagged, [S37.81294, W144.96571] The big news of the first day of the Melbourne Truck Show is the release of a new truck brand. The Navistar/Caterpillar joint venture, NC2, have launched the CAT truck brand, to be built in Melbourne. The initial models, the CT 610 and the CT 630, will be powered by the Cat [...]

more about “Mahindra Navistar unveiled in India“, posted with vodpod Here it is, the first trucks released by a new brand in India. The Mahindra Navistar joint venture sees 7.2 litre Maxxforce engines, as used in International trucks in the US, fitted into a modern truck designed for the Indian and a number of other [...]

This video shows a Navistar engineer demonstrating their latest engine offering, the 13 litre Maxxforce built to comply with the extremely tough US EPA 2010 exhaust emission regulations. Based on the 13 litre MAN engine, the new power plant has to use every trick in the book to keep the emissions down low enough to [...]

US truck manufacturer, Navistar, have come up with a silly TV show to publicise their new range of engines,, coming out soon, to meet the 2010 exhaust emission rules. The quiz show takes place in a truck stop and sees an unsuspecting truckie answering questions about the new engines to be fitted in the International [...]

As the Australian economy starts to pick up, businesses here have come through the global financial crisis relatively unscathed, when compared to those in other parts of the world, especially in the US and Europe. From the transport industry’s point of view some of the problems created by the crisis in the truck industry may [...]