Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue 393 i Deals On Wheels Australia

The year 2015 is a big one for Hino in Australia. For a start, it marks 50 years since the first Hino — a bus chassis — hit the road in this country. And this year the Toyota subsidiary will pass the 100,000 mark in trucks and buses sold here. That’s a big deal. It doesn’t seem so long ago since little bonneted Internationals, Dodges and Bedfords dominated the light- and medium-duty truck scenes. Now, of course, they’ve mostly turned Japanese. Hino provided a trip down memory lane at this year’s Brisbane Truck Show with a 1980 KL Hino tray-top, which apparently did 1.6 million kilometres for a couple of owners including the Kimba Roadhouse in South Australia. The little 5-speed synchromesh manual battler hits the scales at 8 tonnes…

The new Renault Trafic, recently introduced into the Australian market, offers three different engine and wheelbase combinations. The entry point is the short wheelbase L1H1 with a dCi 90 engine. The second of these keeps the same shorter body, L1H1, but features a twin turbo dCi 140 motor. At this stage, the longer wheelbase Trafic L2H1 is only available with the more powerful engine, and neither version has an automatic gearbox on offer. Renault celebrates the robust and dynamic styling it has applied to the exteriors of both body types — all taut lines and structured forms, in line with the brand’s global styling identity. The cabin has no fewer than 14 different stowage points for both specific and general items. Renault says busy delivery drivers should have safe and…

Transtech has released a new Sentinel 4 electronic work diary (EWD), which it claims will give transport operators a fresh new look and a modern take into the complex world of fatigue compliance. Transtech says the new Sentinel 4 will help both back-office staff and drivers to manage their obligations to Australia’s fatigue laws and the chain of responsibility (COR) The Sentinel was first launched in 2006. Transtech points to Victoria Police’s recent Operation Austrans, where it says officers inspected almost 3,000 heavy vehicles between May and June, during which 397 fatigue and work diary offences were detected. Over the past nine years, Transtech says the Sentinel has been able to provide real-time fatigue information to the driver and back office staff based on the driver’s current fatigue management rule…

You wouldn’t think you’d need a lesson in driving a truck with an automatic gearbox on the bitumen. It can’t be too difficult — throw it into ‘D’ for Drive, and away you go, just like in an automatic car. Well, not quite, if you want to achieve maximum performance; maximum safety going down steep hills; and minimum attention from the authorities. Hino product and engineering support manager Barry Noble has some interesting tips for driving a fully automatic truck — in this case a fully loaded, High Horsepower Hino 921. The simplest one is, however, to keep it in automatic mode. Powering up a hill, you’ll save fuel by reducing unnecessary revving. But if the truck is losing speed under power in a particular gear, and you don’t think…

Following its preview at the 2015 Brisbane Truck Show, Isuzu says its new N Series ‘intelligent truck’ is packed with safety features and innovative engineering technology, offering a ‘fit-for-purpose’ solution in the hard-fought light-duty market segment. The model’s safety suite includes the introduction of Isuzu Electronic Stability Control (IESC), as well as an anti-slip regulator (ASR) control upgrade on models with IESC. IESC applies to all Isuzu NLR, NNR and NPR models, building on the set of safety credentials within the range. According to Isuzu, the on-board technology gathers information from a range of sensors to detect and help correct an unexpected loss of control. Data from sensors throughout the truck is continually fed to an electronic hydraulic control unit (EHCU). This data informs automated engine torque and braking reactions…

Iveco is celebrating its 40-year anniversary as a commercial vehicle organisation, having successfully developed and positioned itself as a global leader in the industry over the past four decades. The important milestone not only represents 40 years of success under the Iveco brand, but also pays homage to the company’s foundation which involved a union between five European firms with more than 150 years’ experience in designing and making industrial vehicles: Magirus-Deutz, Fiat, Lancia, Unic and OM. Today Iveco is a brand of CNH Industrial, a global leader in the capital goods sector. As well as developing and manufacturing conventional commercial vehicles, Iveco is an innovator with extensive expertise in alternative fuel technology and sustainable transport. Iveco entered the Australian market in 1992 after acquiring International Trucks and has been…

V DO has launched what it says is an innovative and durable range of radios with practical modern functionality making them suited to a wide range of 12- and 24-volt applications. The new audio range includes four 12V and four 24V radios with different features to meet the challenges of on-road and off-road use in commercial vehicles and industrial applications such as contractors equipment, graders and heavy commercial vehicles, off-road vehicles, bobcats, forklifts and utes, etc. VDO’s basic range comes with a front auxiliary input and USB port for iPhones and MP3 players, making them suited to applications where dust is likely to be an issue. The second range, also available in 12 and 24V, come with a front auxiliary input and USB port but with the additional benefit of…

ALL NEW TRADEPACK YOU ALREADY KNOW ISUZU AS ‘THE INTELLIGENT TRUCK’, AND THE NEW TRADEPACK IS SMARTER THAN EVER. Firstly, we’ve introduced IESC, or Isuzu Electronic Stability Control. With IESC, if any of your wheels begin to slip, intelligent on-board sensors will pick it up and deliver power to where it’s needed, putting you right again, and if need be even apply the brakes for you. Then there’s AMT, or Automated Manual Transmission. At Isuzu, we’ve combined the best of both automatic and manual transmissions. Isuzu’s AMT uses two pedals, so it drives like an automatic, but performs like a manual, so it’s both economical and durable. If that wasn’t enough, Isuzu’s new Tradepack has an entirely redesigned body, featuring sleek black hinges and latches, plus there’s also a convenient…