Photograph: Automedia-group
Up in the frozen North something is stirring...And it's provided Biglorryblog with the perfect 'scoop' shots of the new Iveco Stralis undergoing cold weather testing. BLB has the hardy snappers of the Automedia-Group for these telephto tantalisers! (They're copyright to Automedia so please don't cut and paste them from this blog---if you want your own copy just e-mail pictures@automedia-online.com) Now below you can see it a lot clearer...
Photograph:Automedia-group
The full-width cab extending over the wheelarches suggests to yours truly that this is the replacement for the biggest Stralis 'Active Space' cab and a rather smooth looking roofline it has on it too--reminds me of a Topline Scania moulding.. The replacement fleet 'Active Time' Stralis cab will be bound to look like this but with a narrower cab than the one above. All that plastic stuff on the front is to protect its identity...but hey with those axles and the fact that it's travelling with an Iveco 'minder' what else could it be? Expect the finished product to surface before Euro-6---or in time for the as-yet-to-be-agreed Euro-6 deadline which observers believe will be based on all new type-approved engines in 2013 and on all new trucks in 2014. And what will those engines be? I'd guess they'd be developments of the current 'Cursor' 8, 10 and 13 engine range. Whether they'll go up in size (displacement) is hard to say---but power and torque are bound to be 'tweaked' a bit!
Photograph: Automedia-Group
And now, above, we have the German entry for 'Best truck wrapped in plastic bin liners of 2009 award'....or the prototype Mercedes Axor cab. Those BLB readers with long memories will recall I previously showed shots of the bigger Actros protoype cab--again wrapped in black plastic and sticky-back tape---last year. Anyroadup click through here for more shots and some words on the future Merc heavy truck family.....
