Quick video walkaround of the Iveco Stralis AT artic Biglorryblog was driving last week on the CM roadtest...

It's funny how perceptions linger on long after things have changed. Take Iveco for instance. I reckon (and I suspect I'm still in a majority) that the Stralis is a much under-rated tractor. Though not so under-rated---for at last year's Truckfest Peterborough the Stralis Active Space won Truck & Driver's 'Drivers' Choice award when judged by a team of pro drivers against the likes of the Volvo FH, Scania Topline, Daf XF105, Mercedes Actros Megaspace and Renault Magnum (which also drew praise from the judges). Yet try and get a driver in the cab of a Stralis and you get all sorts of old-fashioned and out-of-date comments. 

I recently spoke to a large fleet operator down my way (Kent) who runs Merc tractors and who had just taken delivery of a new Stralis. "What does the driver think of it I asked him..? "He loves it came the reply." Go figure. And as a domestic trunker I reckon the 450hp Cursor 10 engined, narrow-high-roof cabbed Active Time Stralis (see here in my brief video walk around) is also a serious fleet contender. How serious you'll have to wait until the roadtest comes out on Thursday 27th August...