Brian Yeardley Continental’s Volvo FH-500 4×2 tractor units

Responding to strong demand for the car, Volvo Cars has decided that it will start building the new fully electric Volvo EX30 in its Ghent plant in Belgium from 2025, expanding production capacity for its celebrated small SUV. The EX30 was revealed earlier this year to almost universal acclaim and has already won several major […]

A Volvo FH in a race against one of the world’s fastest sports cars. This is the scenario in Volvo Trucks’ upcoming film ‘Volvo Trucks vs Koenigsegg’. The aim is

Owner Driver Mike Boyd and his partner Caroline Gardner originally planned to get married in 2016. Unusually, their wedding list included a new Volvo FH16, which they were planning to order in time for it to be at the ceremony in Kinlochbervie, north-west Scotland.

With orders being taken now for delivery this autumn, Volvo Trucks has issued a reminder to customers that all vehicles registered after 29th October 2014 must have a complete or completed European Whole Vehicle Type Approval (ECWVTA).

ROSS GARRETT TAKES FIRST VOLVOS FOR 20 YEARS – AND THEY’RE EURO-6 ! West Country operator Ross Garrett has taken delivery of the first Volvo trucks to enter service with the family-owned company for twenty years.

VOLVO TRUCKS’ CAMPAIGN TRIUMPHS AT WORLD’S TOUGHEST AD CONTEST – WINS COVETED BLACK PENCIL The Live Test campaign for Volvo Trucks’ new truck range received a ‘Black Pencil’ and three ‘Yellow Pencil’ awards at the revered D&AD Awards – the world’s toughest advertising competition. The honours are the latest accolades for the campaign which also […]

FL TRUCKMIXER ON CIFA STAND AT UK CONCRETE SHOW 2014 (HALL 5, A67) Spanners Mixer Hire and Volvo Trucks will be exhibiting an 18-tonne GVW Volvo FL chassis equipped with a CIFA four cubic metre truckmixer at the UK Concrete Show this week at Birmingham’s NEC. Spanners Mixer Hire, based in Market Deeping near Peterborough, […]

Chorley, Lancashire-based Ruttle Plant has updated the company’s famous high-profile livery to coincide with the arrival of a new Volvo FH tractor unit. Supplied by Thomas Hardie Commercials, Preston, the new FH features a ‘high-visibility’ modern take on Ruttle Plant’s familiar and unique, multi-colour paintwork.

The UK’s first Euro 6, new Volvo FM has been delivered to The Malcolm Group in Linwood, Renfrewshire. Supplied by Volvo Truck and Bus Centre North & Scotland at Cardonald, the 6×2 tractor unit is fitted with a Globetrotter cab and Volvo’s D11K engine producing 450hp.

THE ‘EPIC SPLIT’ TO BE SHOWN AT THE PALAIS DU LOUVRE IN PARIS Volvo Trucks’ live test film, the ‘Epic Split’ featuring Jean-Claude Van Damme, has already been viewed more than 68 million times on YouTube since its launch in November 2013. Now it will also be available for visitors to La Musée de la […]

VOLVO TRUCKS NAMES NACARATO VOLVO 2013 NORTH AMERICAN DEALER OF THE YEAR Nacarato Volvo of Nashville, Tenn. has been named Volvo Trucks’ 2013 North American Dealer of the Year. The annual award recognizes Nacarato Volvo’s organization and employees for overall accomplishment and performance. Selection criteria for the award includes outstanding performance in new truck sales, […]

A year, almost to the day, after its spectacular launch, the new Volvo FH was voted ‘International Truck of the Year 2014’ by leading commercial vehicle journalists, representing 25 magazines throughout Europe. The ‘Truck of the Year’ award was received by Volvo Trucks’ President Claes Nilsson at a ceremony at the Comtrans exhibition in Moscow […]