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* Worldwide - TRUCKMAKERS NEWS: ... A hamster driving a Volvo Truck ! ! !
* Sweden - Hamster drives a Volvo truck
(Video YouTube from AB Volvo -Sep 11, 2013: Can a hamster drive a 15-tonne truck? Watch cute little Charlie steer a brand new Volvo FMX in a rough quarry. Will he make it to the top?)
Stockholm,Sweden -Canadian Manufacturing (CAN) -September 20, 2013: -- According to Volvo, the tiny animal’s mere body weight was sufficient to steer the truck... In February, Volvo Trucks launched Dynamic Steering, a new steering technology that makes even a heavily laden truck light and easy to manoeuvre... To prove its claims that a driver can steer the vehicle with but a single finger on the steering wheel, the truck maker hired Charlie, a 175-gram golden hamster with a hankering for carrots... A purpose-built hamster treadmill is attached to the steering wheel and, as Charlie runs in his wheel chasing a carrot, the tiny animal’s mere body weight is sufficient to steer the truck. The accelerator and brakes were operated by experienced stunt driver Seon Rogers...
* Sweden - Volvo launches program to save 4 billion SEK annually
Stockholm,Sweden -Reuters -Sep 24, 2013: -- Sweden's Volvo said on Tuesday it would launch a group-wide efficiency program that it saw generating 4 billion crowns ($627 million) in annual savings with full effect by the end of 2015... Volvo, which sells trucks under the Renault, Mack and UD Trucks brands as well as its own name, said it would book the bulk of restructuring costs, which it saw at around 5 billion crowns, in 2014... An upturn in demand in Europe, Volvo's biggest market, has led to order books growing in recent months after a protracted slump, while a U.S. recovery is on firmer ground after a rough patch around the turn of the year as public spending was cut... An extensive product renewal is underway at Volvo with the group rolling out five new truck models. In August, its truck deliveries dropped four percent year-on-year, held back by the renewal. Shipments in Europe slipped 18 percent... Volvo said the savings covered a large number of operations and areas, with a majority within the truck business area, and it would announce the actions continuously as they were implemented...
* South Korea - Scania Korea shelves investment of US$20 mill
Seoul,SK -Global Post/Yonhap News Agency -September 23, 2013: -- Scania Korea Ltd., the local unit of Swedish truckmaker Scania, said Monday it has decided to suspend its investment of US$20 million in South Korea... Still, the company said the investment was put on hold, citing a request by its largest shareholder, Germany's Volkswagen, to improve profitability in its operation in South Korea... Scania Korea said it sold about 300 units in the first six months of this year. It accounts for 12.2 percent of the dump truck market in South Korea... In July, South Korea's antitrust watchdog ordered Scania Korea to pay 17.6 billion won ($16 million) in fines for colluding with its rival truck manufacturers to fix prices...
* UK - First Euro 6 MAN trucks heads to Dawsonrentals
* Germany - Brabus B63S 700 6x6 (2013) at Frankfurt motor show
Frankfurt,Germany -Car Magazine, by Ben Pulman -11 September 2013: -- This behemoth is the Brabus B63S 700 6x6, a six-wheel drive G-wagen with 690bhp that’s been revealed at the 2013 Frankfurt motor show... It’s a real Brabus production vehicle, based on Mercedes AMG’s own mad G63 6x6. That AMG Merc is powered by a 536bhp twin-turbo 5.5-litre V8 engine, but Brabus has increased the power output of the B63S to a Lamborghini Aventador-rivalling 690bhp. And there’s a monstrous 708lb ft (produced between 2000 and 4500rpm) instead of the standard 561lb ft. All six of the rear wheels are driven by a seven-speed automatic gearbox... All that power has to fight against nearly four tonnes, so the B63S hits 62mph in /only/ 7.4 seconds and even Brabus has been sensible enough to limit it to 100mph because of the huge off-road tyres... And would you even want to take the Brabus B63S off-road? That carbonfibre bonnet scoop and carbon wheelarches, polished underbody protection and black paint will show up scratches a treat. Then again, the red leather and Alcantara interior might look better covered in mud...
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