GITI Tyres Big Test; Fuelled for efficiency
The high horsepower truck brands have the biggest profile at the heavy-duty end of the New Zealand market. But the four Japanese marques – at the most with a touch over 500hp on their menu – still secure a significant share of the sales.Japanese brand reputation for reliability, accessible service networks, and value-for-money definitely helps.
The registration stats revealed that a challenged Kiwi truck market shifted a little in the direction of Japan last year with 33.5% of truc...
Aeolus Truck & Driver News
New Zealand’s first eEconic goes to work
The growing electric truck fleet operatedby WM New Zealand is the home for the first Mercedes-Benz eEconic in the country.The battery electric low entry model is operating as a rear loader refus...
Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand
What’s really driving pressure on Kiwi transport businesses
There is a growing and serious concern that mounting commercial pressures are putting the long-term sustainability of trucking businesses at risk. What we are seeing overseas, and increasingly hear...
Advantage Tyres Fleet Focus
Advantage Tyre Solutions Fleet Focus; Family First
For more than 50 yearsthe trucks of Marlin Transport have been busy on the streets of Auckland and further afield.
Established in 1974 by Malcolm and Delma Ellis, the tight-knit family company ha...
Southpac Legends
Fiona and Fiona, the two Legends in Ray Reid’s life
For some operators, a new truck is just a tool. But for Ray Reid, a brand-new Kenworth Legend is the culmination of generations of grit, graft, and passion for transport.
It was 2018 when Ray and...
Recently Registered
Slow on both fronts
The New Zealand new truck market continues at a slow pace with monthly registrations for February being 15 units behind the January numbers.
According to NZTA provisional registration data there ...
Double Coin Imaging Awards
A double celebration
A new Scania S 770 is the perfect way to make a bold statement.And the latest addition to the busy auger fleet at Waharoa Transport is a standout example of Swedish horsepower and technology com...
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