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Here is some more footage from the Brisbane Truck Show and Mick, from OztruckinTV, gets three industry stalwarts to tell us a bit about their trucks. All three, Ian, Paul and Lloyd, are enthusiastic about the trucks, but also the industry as a whole. These are the sort of people who make trucking a good, [...]

More images are now coming in from the IAA Truck Show in Hannover Germany. Here is the latest, a quick walk around of the Iveco concept truck, the ‘Glider’. It’s all about aerodynamics and is super smooth with beautiful flowing lines to improve the way it slips through the air. Is it practical? No. Does [...]

  2008 may be the year natural gas, in all its forms, finally gets a bit of credibility in the transport industry in Australia. On the evidence of the recent Brisbane Truck Show the truck manufacturers are now taking gas power seriously and on the evidence of operator interest at the the same show, gas [...]

A report on Reuters is suggesting Iveco may be looking to buy or merge with a partner, presumably another truck manufacturer.   Iveco have been left behind in recent years with the emergence of global truck manufacturing groups like Daimler, Volvo, Paccar and Volkswagen/MAN/Scania.  

Cummins have announced it has concluded its joint ventures with CNH Global and Iveco, two Fiat Group companies. Under the new agreement, Cummins will purchase CNH’s equity stake in Consolidated Diesel Company (CDC) and will sell its interest in the European Engine Alliance.

Iveco have issued a recall of a number of Daily vans due to a fault in the rear suspension.