Automotive
Truck & Driver
Turbulent Marriage
In our last issue we profiled the history of Seddon now we resume the story as the company merges with rival Atkinson and heads into troubled times
6 min |
November 2018
Truck & Driver
Join Our Convoy!
Convoy in the Park at Donington on 21-22 July is the ultimate celebration of trucks, drivers and life on the road, with thrills, spills and entertainment for all the family
4 min |
August 2018
Truck & Driver
Mann Versus Machine
In 2017 Will Shiers went to New Mexico in search of the Convoy film locations. This time he heads to southern California to discover where the Steven Spielberg classic Duel was shot
9 min |
August 2018
Truck & Driver
Super-Duper Space Cab
Neil Yates is no stranger to upping the profile of his recovery fleet – but the extended-cab, highly-customised Daf ‘XXF’ featured here is a veritable spaced-out special
7 min |
August 2018
Truck & Driver
Eye Spy
To get their licence, drivers have to pass a stringent eye test, but subsequently some do not take regular tests – which could put their job, their life and the lives of others in danger
6 min |
August 2018
Truck & Driver
The Big Sleep
Invited by Volvo North America for a sleepover in its voluminous new VNL 860, T&D finds that the experience is one that European drivers can only dream of
4 min |
August 2018
Truck & Driver
'Flesh Eating Bugs Nearly Killed Me'
What began as a normal evening for one driver turned into a nightmare that still haunts him more than a year later, having been saved only by his wife’s quick thinking
5 min |
June 2017
Truck & Driver
Free Love
A driver’s dream is having free rein with the choice and spec of your truck. Gary Hindmarsh is the lucky man, Kelvin Parker the kind boss, a superb Scania the wagon
7 min |
June 2017
Truck & Driver
Show Truck Starter
If you have aspirations to buy, restore and operate a show truck, just how easy is it? Here is some valuable advice from someone who’s been there and done it…
9 min |
June 2017
Truck & Driver
Truckfest Back With New Features for 35th Year
Truckfest Peterborough celebrates its 35th anniversary this year and to celebrate, the event is bigger than ever with new features and star names.
2 min |
May 2017
Truck & Driver
Scania needs your help!
Scania GB will attempt to set a world record at Convoy in the Park on 22-23 July, and it needs your help to do it.
2 min |
May 2017
Truck & Driver
Bringing The Thunder
The BTRC kicked off on 25 March and ahead of the new season T&D talks to 10-time British Truck Tracing Champion Stuart Oliver about his hopes for 2017.
5 min |
May 2017
Truck & Driver
Doc Martin
Initially based on the V8 Scania R-series, the first eight trucks to get the Guy Martin Edition treatment are available now.
2 min |
May 2017
Truck & Driver
Unjust Justs
Our driver down in Australia argues that if we keep thinking of ourselves as “just” drivers, we can’t expect to be treated any differently
3 min |
December 2017
Truck & Driver
Punishing Pembrey!
The penultimate round of the 2017 BTRA British Truck Racing Championship, held at Pembrey circuit in South Wales, proved to be a brash and brutal affair
3 min |
December 2017
Truck & Driver
When Svempa Met Bea
What do you get when you cross a truck customising legend with a top fashionista? We sent Michael Phillips – T&D’s newly appointed haute couture correspondent – to Sweden to find out
5 min |
December 2017
Truck & Driver
Chook's Away!
A reputation for keeping his truck spotless has led the boss of Malcolm Group to entrust the keys of the company’s S730 flagship to Greig ‘Chook’ Redfern
7 min |
December 2017
Truck & Driver
Size Matters
Iron ore is the quarry for hugely expensive yellow giants that roam Europe’s largest opencast mine. Alexander Mann pilots one, a Japanese-made Komatsu HD 785
4 min |
December 2017
Truck & Driver
Clarification On In-Cab Rest Breaks
DVSA says no fine if resting at official truckstops
1 min |
December 2017
Truck & Driver
M1 Crash Charges
Eight die, two HGV drivers charged after motorway crash
1 min |
October 2017
Truck & Driver
Caution Over Dashcams
Dashcam evidence welcomed – if privacy is respected
1 min |
October 2017
Truck & Driver
Holding Out
A permanent solution to Operation Stack is still not in sight, two years after the summer chaos on the roads of Kent. So is a huge lorry holding area the answer?
3 min |
October 2017
Truck & Driver
Brushed With Success
A Mercedes Actros 630 was chosen to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Griffin Freight Services, its livery paying tribute to Mick Griffin’s late father as well as to some of the trucks that helped make GFS profitable
8 min |
October 2017
Truck & Driver
Bella Italia!
Until recently, Matt has found it hard to put a gloss on the Iveco brand – but a spell in Australia’s Simpson Desert with a Eurocargo 4x4 has prompted a rethink
3 min |
October 2017
Truck & Driver
FTA Driver Of The Year 2017 Named
Samworth Brothers driver Thomas Kent wins title
1 min |
February 2018
Truck & Driver
Clearing The Air
The implementation date for the Ultra Low Emission Zone in central London was recently brought forward by 17 months. What effect will this have on trucks in the capital?
5 min |
February 2018
Truck & Driver
Do not pass go...
How good is ‘the truck the city likes’ when it’s driven in one of the world’s busiest capitals? T&D takes the 2016 Truck of the Year, Iveco’s Eurocargo, round the London Monopoly board
6 min |
August 2016
Truck & Driver
A T for Tom
Brian & Jayne Rowland wanted something extra-special to commemorate their son Tom, tragically killed aged just 20 at the wheel of a Brian Rowland Transport truck. A V8-engined T560 Topline/Longline fits the bill perfectly
6 min |
August 2016
Truck & Driver
Who'd Be A Truck Driver?
The driver shortage is getting worse, but there are good reasons people don’t want to do the job these days, says Mick Rennison
3 min |
November 2017
Truck & Driver
Advantage Smith
Championship leader Ryan Smith takes three podium places at a stormy Snetterton to strengthen his position as his rivals crash out during a dramatic weekend
2 min |