An innovative Kiwi trailer design has found a European workmate in one of the first new generation Iveco S-Way models to go on the road in New Zealand. With its eye-catching blue, silver and white livery, Horotiu-based Hanes Transport is creating some interest on Kiwi highways with its new Iveco S-Way 570 6x4 towing a one-of-a-kind Hanes-TRT 3-axle widening forklift semi-trailer.

The 570-horsepower engine sits at the top of the new generation S-Way line-up which also includes 360hp 8.7-litre, 460hp 11.1-litre and the 13-litre in 530hp and 570hp choices.

The top-of-the-range 570hp Cursor 13-litre six-cylinder develops a strong 2500Nm arriving at 1,000rpm and flat-lining till 1,605rpm to provide a wide spread of torque.

The new Iveco S-Way is a big leap forward for the Euro brand here in New Zealand.

And if first impressions count, it’s fair to say the S-Way is a good looking truck. I have seen some people commenting that it looks like a Scania, and a few have gone so far as saying it looks like a Freightliner Argosy.

But I’m not fooled. It’s an Iveco with its own distinctive design and it’s a disservice to the S-Way to compare it to others.

I have been following the launch of this truck for some time now and even got the opportunity to test the demo models that had been put through their paces in Australia earlier this year.

This was a valuable preview to this test as I got the opportunity to have the driver trainers in the passenger seat on the test track and learn about how the functions in this new model work. And get an explanation for why some things have been done the way they are.