Reviews
	MANchester MANoeuvres MAN’s 7.5 and 12 tonne, Euro 5 TGL models come under the Transport News initial appraisal spotlight. Our own man about town, John Henderson tries both of these EGR contenders in and around the... Read Review
	Overnight Sensation Volvo’s mighty FH16-700 returns north of the border for our ‘Full Scottish’ road test. After a busy day behind the wheel and a night’s sleep in the bunk, John Henderson reports back on a 24 hour... Read Review
	Braking New Ground In addition to the pacey performance of its 360hp engine on our Scottish test route, DAF’s CF75 was also equipped with a powerful extra deceleration system. John Henderson, a man who’s rarely... Read Review
	Stralis Lifts The Spoils Iveco’s Stralis 450AT tractor unit rewrites the fuel consumption rule book on our Scottish Test route. Fresh from his CPC eco driving training, John Henderson our regular wheelman, puts his theory... Read Review
	105: Safety In Numbers DAF’s XF105 safety demonstrator incorporates a host of protective features which will prove attractive to the responsible operator. Our regular careful chauffeur, John Henderson travelled to... Read Review
	Going Down A Storm There’s no doubting the popularity of Iveco’s latest Eurocargo 7.5 tonner and even the remnants of a hurricane blasting in off the Atlantic failed to quell its storming performance on our Scottish... Read Review
	Monarch Of The Glen For once we’re not referring to a magnificent 16 point red deer stag, but rather Volvo’s new 16 litre, 700hp tractor unit. John Henderson, our ghillie in the Globetrotter, puts the new range... Read Review
	A Good All Round Tip Are you looking for a reliable tipper with good payload, superb build quality, great driver comfort, and respectable fuel economy too? Our regular vehicle tipster, John Henderson tested Mercedes... Read Review
	Top Marks At Eleven Plus Volvo’s FM430 fitted with the latest D11B engine, put in a sensational performance on our Scottish test route, equalling the best ever recorded fuel consumption figures. Our regular commercial... Read Review
	Premium Rate Lander In addition to completing our Scottish test route at a swift rate of knots, Renault’s 8x4 Euro 5, Premium Lander 410.32 also had some subtle surprises in store for our man at the wheel. John... Read Review
	Shipshape On Shap MAN’s TGS 400 8x2 rigid conversion sports no less than three steering axles and has already proved its worth on bulk milk collection work. John Henderson travels to the north west of England for a... Read Review
	Leading By The Left Volvo’s new FE320 26-tonner, in left hand drive form, leads the way on our Scottish test route. Our regular steersman, John Henderson perfects the art of good road positioning in this particularly... Read Review
	A Top Scoring Forward Payload is a major factor in the 12 tonne truck league tables and for this and several other reasons, Isuzu’s Forward chassis cab looks set to become a top scoring player. John Henderson spends... Read Review
	X-Rated Axor! Forget about reality television and think realistically about fleet transport! That’s the message from our own, road going judge John Henderson who recently auditioned the new Mercedes-Benz ‘Axor... Read Review
	Quick Silver Volkswagen’s metallic silver, 3.5 tonne Crafter van records a sterling performance on our Scottish test route. John Henderson discovers plenty of hallmarks on this swift and spacious... Read Review
	Stralis Puts On A Show! Back in September, the Iveco Road Show was on a winning run around the UK’s major horse racing meetings, showing off its new Eurocargo thoroughbred to industry principals and interested... Read Review
	A MAN of Letters In addition to its TGL badges MAN’s Euro 4, 7.5 tonner is also awarded top honours in fuel economics with a peerless performance on our Scottish route. Our own student from the University of Life,... Read Review
	You’ve Got To Roll With It! The title from the classic 1990s Oasis pop song also applies to driving Volvo’s FM440 tractor fitted with Ecoroll. This truck was definitely in tune with our Scottish route, setting the best ever... Read Review
	Cool, Calm And Collected Gale force winds, fuel queues and unhappy truck drivers welcomed Scania’s R440 Euro 5, standard fleet spec tractor north of the Border for its Scottish road test. John Henderson took the... Read Review
	Twenty’s Plenty! These days you have to make every last drop of diesel count. DAF’s LF45.160 Euro 5 EEV made easy going of our Scottish test route whilst staying above the magical 20mpg figure on every sector.... Read Review
	Thriving On Safe Driving Volvo’s FH 2007 anniversary model was offered with an interesting duo of new safety features as standard. John Henderson takes to the M6 in Lancashire on a busy Friday afternoon for a test of the... Read Review
	A Multi-Tasking Maestro Volvo’s FL240 distribution rigid delivers more than just cargo! Our multi-drop man for its full Scottish test is John Henderson. IT’S ALL too easy to take the distribution world for... Read Review
	A Hard Actros To Follow As Mercedes-Benz prepares to launch version three of the hugely successful Actros, Oliver Dixon gets the low-down on the latest updates. IT DOESN’T seem to be 12 years since Mercedes-Benz... Read Review
	A Well Matured Magnum! 1990 may well have been a good year for French wine producers, but it was an even better year for their truck manufacturer. Yes Renault’s Magnum has now accrued an 18 year vintage, but John... Read Review
	King Of The Hills Scania’s R620 Griffin blows away the fallen leaves and some long standing records on an autumn blast round our Scottish test route. Securely belted into the super Swede’s leather driving seat,... Read Review
	Talking MAN to MAN! TGS or TGX? What’s the difference? Back in mid-November, Transport News’ John Henderson was the first UK road transport journalist to carry out fully loaded evaluations of right hand drive... Read Review
	MAN Lifts The MANtle! Despite the worst weather conditions encountered on a Scottish test for some time, MAN’s TGA 26.440 threw down the EGR gauntlet and returned a stunning overall performance. Our regular ‘wheel MAN’... Read Review
	All Blacks Stralis Raises the Bar Iveco’s Stralis AS440 Active Space 3 is the latest player to join the scrum of trucks that have ‘tried’ our Scottish test route. Our very own prop forward, John Henderson reports back with some... Read Review
	Premium Bonding Renault’s ‘long distance’ cab is one our tester is always happy to be reunited with. John Henderson gets along famously with the Premium Euro 5, 450hp tractor on our Scottish route. IN THE... Read Review
	Modest Maxity has Merit Renault’s new 3.5 tonne chassis cab is subjected to the rigours of our full Scottish test. John Henderson reports back that minimal fuss best describes the Maxity’s solid performance! A... Read Review
	Five Alive! Volvo’s latest premium fleet tractor, the FH480 Euro 5, took our Scottish test route very much in its stride. John Henderson reports that at 80 years young, this Swedish manufacturer’s products... Read Review
	Lander Ahoy! One of Renault’s recently revamped construction industry specials, the Premium Lander V2 heads forth on our initial impressions road run. John Henderson discovers it’s a truck that the French... Read Review
	FM – Fast Moving Frugal Motor Volvo’s FM400 Euro 4 tipper literally sailed around our Scottish test route. Our regular steersman, John Henderson, reports back on a pleasant day’s cruising. LADY LUCK is a feisty... Read Review
	Hidden Middle Master of the Fleet! DAF’s CF85 range continues to dominate the fleet market, at present keeping this manufacturer well on course for yet another year as market leader. John Henderson tests the mettle of the latest... Read Review
	The Big Easy! The Holywood film featured New Orleans’ laid back, easy going residents and John Henderson finds that the Volvo FH16’s massive power output encourages the same attitudes to driving on our Scottish... Read Review
	Newsworthy Daily Makes The Headlines! Iveco’s latest edition 3.5 tonne van tackles our challenging Scottish test route. Our very own red van man, John Henderson puts the newcomer through its paces. VANS AND their drivers have... Read Review
	MAN’s Torquey Tippers Leaves You Grinning John Henderson hits the roads of Cheshire in MAN’s new TGA 35.400 8x4 BB heavy duty tipper, which delivers an impressive performance that leaves him grinning like one of the county’s famed... Read Review
	Euro 5 Tipper Delivers A Four Season Performance Our first Euro 5 test honours go to DAF whose new 8-wheeled FAD CF85 tipper still excelled, despite the best efforts of the notorious Scottish winter weather, reports John... Read Review
	Astride The Appenines What better way to appraise the new, all-black, Euro 5 Iveco Stralis than in the country of its birth – Italy. And what better base than Rome. Pity the roads on our official test route were... Read Review
	Stralis Sets Standards Ferrari’s cars may feature their famous prancing horse logo, but after road testing another Italian model from the same group stable on our Scottish route, John Henderson reckons the Iveco Stralis... Read Review
	Renault’s 3.5t Hat-Trick With the arrival of Maxity, now rubbing shoulders with the Master and Mascott, Renault’s LCV division not only runs from 2.8 to 6.6 tonnes, but all three models crossover at 3.5t. Alistair... Read Review
	Feel The Force! The last time we caught up with Volvo’s FH16-660, it was in Sweden, tipping the scales at ‘just’ 60 tonnes. Finally, the big Swede has arrived in right-hand drive form on UK shores, but this time... Read Review
	The XF Factor! For readers familiar with Saturday night ‘reality TV’, it’s all about voting for the winner. John Henderson drives a recent big winner in the shape of the 2007 International Truck of the Year,... Read Review
	Daily Makes A Play For High Payloads What’s so special about the newly launched, upgraded Iveco Daily van range? It’s all down to X and Y factors plus DNA, discovers Alistair Vallance. IT’S ONE of the oldest cliches in the CV... Read Review
	Renault’s Camion Without Concerns The honours go to a Renault Premium 450.18 4x2LD for Scotland’s first full Euro 4 road test, with their 40 tonne SCR equipped tractor unit. John Henderson reports that it’s more a case of sacre... Read Review
	Cabstar Contender Nissan’s new Cabstar is ready to take on Isuzu and Mitsubishi Fuso and unlike its predecessor it’s very much up to the job WE NEVER quite know where to place Nissan in the greater scheme... Read Review
	Full Of Eastern Promise John Henderson puts Hino’s 700 series 3213 tipper through the Transport News ‘initial impressions’ road test…. PRIOR to last month, I’ll be quite honest and say that in over 30 years... Read Review
	Customer Care & Payload To Spare New look N Series Isuzu adequately performs its 7.5 tonner role round TN’s Central Scotland route. Thanks to its NEES2 manual and/or automated box, the journey proved stress free for Alistair... Read Review