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0Official: Mercedes-Benz gets sketchy with Citan urban delivery van 1328293860
Though the Ford Transit Connect may be a niche player in the North American market, the small van market is big business in Europe. According to Mercedes-Benz, it accounts for some 700,000 units annually, and that's a pie of which Daimler wouldn't mind getting a bigger slice. And so it has ...
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Video: Mercedes-Benz Actros semi fitted for taxi duty, picks up humorous fares 1328117400
The new-generation 2012 Actros big rig has already won Truck of the Year – for the fourth time – and Mercedes-Benz figured it would have some fun letting other truck people know about its semi. It kitted an Actros out in the eggshell hue and black-and-yellow sign that's standard-issue ...
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Report: Big Cheese: Kraft pushing for 97,000-pound "bridge wrecker" trucks 1324134060
Kraft Foods wants to bring you more Velveeta, more efficiently. According to Bloomberg, the food giant says it needs to pack its 97,000-pound trucks full of processed deliciousness in order to combat high diesel prices. Problem is, interstate highways have an 80,000-pound weight limit. But Kraft ...
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Report: Volkswagen acquiring 55.9% stake in MAN SE to become Europe's largest truckmaker 1310129880
There's plenty of room to get lost in the Volkswagen Group. In addition to the VW brand, the group controls Skoda, Seat, Audi, Porsche, Lamborghini, Bentley and Bugatti. But we can't forget its truck divisions. In addition to being Europe's largest automaker, VW is also one of its largest ...
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Video: How to load a commercial dump truck onto a sailboat? 1262795400
Click above to watch the video after the jumpLarge vehicles like dump trucks travel across oceans, rivers and seas on boats all the time. But typically, the craft that hauls the truck is quite a bit bigger than than the dirt hauler itself. That's just not how they roll in Haiti, though, as ... -
Freightliner debuts RunSmart Predictive Cruise Control 1237743240
The next step in cruise control comes courtesy of Freightliner semis and GPS data company NAVTEQ. Freightliner broadened communication between the cruise control and map data: the GPS transmits information on the road ahead up to a mile, and then the cruise control computes the best speed at which ...
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Geneva Preview: First official pics and details of Nissan NV200 van 1235493000
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Nissan NV200Nissan recently announced that it would officially debut its new NV200 MPV next week at the Geneva Motor Show, and today we've been blessed with a new set of official images and a few more details to share. Three different styles will be ... -
No Dummies: CPR instructor, others win custom Ford Transit Connect vans 1231595880
Click above for a high-res image gallery of the Ford Transit ConnectFord is bringing its Transit Connect van to the US this summer with hopes of generating sales to businesses that need 143 cubic feet of cargo space and wouldn't mind car-like fuel economy. To drum up some interest in the ... -
VIDEO: Big truck... go fast... up hill 1223758680
Click above to view video after the jumpFor as clean and green and Earth-loving as the Europeans are, they sure do some dirty things... like throw a sooty-exhaust-belching racing semi around hairpin turns with loads of opposite lock – up an impossibly green mountain – just for a ... -
REPORT: Ford Transit Connect to be sold in U.S. 1167773880
Perhaps taking a note from DaimlerChrysler's playbook, Ford will reportedly be importing a version of the Ford Transit Connect commercial vehicle to be sold in the United States. DaimlerChrysler began selling the Sprinter commercial van in the U.S. around 2004, and has enjoyed success selling it to ...

