TRUCKMAKERS NEWS * WORLDWIDE: Scania's / Renault's / OAO AvtoVAZ's
* Sweden - Scania crown its range by a V8 730 hp Euro 6
(Photo: A Scania trucks V8 730 hp)
Södertälje,Sweden - Truck and Business (Belgium), by Claude Yvens -24 Oct 2013: -- Only European manufacturer to still offer a V8 with Euro 6 standards, Scania has introduced the most powerful version of its flagship: the 730 hp, which complements the range of 16-liter V8 that developed previously 520 hp and 580 . The Euro 6 V8 engines use the common rail fuel injection (Scania XPI) and have a variable geometry turbo (VGT) mounted at the rear. A new EGR system with cooling water is placed under the right cylinder bank...
* France - Discovery Renault T: amazing!
(Photo: Renault trucks)
Paris,France -Truck and Business (Belgium), by Hendrik Despiegelaere -31 Oct 2013: -- The new T range of Renault Trucks has surprised almost everyone from the first meters. This is not the Premium and Magnum trucks were bad, but their successors set the bar much higher in all areas... Renault Trucks has not botched the development of its new ranges. More than seven years of testing, EUR 2 billion invested 5 million hours to the test, 10 million kilometers of testing, 300 test vehicles distributed among 50 clients, it is not nothing... Expectations were therefore strong and static display was not allowed to answer any questions. Including the following: how the new Renault would they behave on the road? The answer is now clear: after a first taken in hand, everyone is impressed and that although we all rolled into other novelties are the Mercedes-Benz Actros and Volvo FH have. It's range can compete with any competitor. If the price positioning of Renault is favorable, the new range can truly make him take a step forward. And let's be clear: a T is a genuine Renault on the cabin layout and equipment...
* Russia - Lada maker appoints ex-GM manager to run Russian company
(Photo: GM AvtoVaz plant in Togliatti city -1,000 km Moscu's SE)
Paris,France -Bloomberg, by Mathieu Rosemain -Nov 5, 2013: -- OAO AvtoVAZ appointed Bo Andersson, a former top purchasing manager at General Motors Co., as chief executive officer, the first non-Russian to lead the maker of Lada cars as it deepens ties with the Renault-Nissan alliance... Andersson, 58, will take the post on Dec. 31 and succeed Igor Komarov, who is leaving the industry, Togliatti-based AvtoVAZ said today in a statement following a board meeting yesterday led by Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn... Andersson, a Swedish national who’s currently CEO of Russian truckmaker GAZ Group (GAZA), will be the first foreign-born head of the country’s biggest automaker since its founding 47 years ago during the Soviet Union...
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