MARKET ANALYSIS: 2021 was a year of massive contrasts for the Australian truck industry. Yet despite all the undeniable hassles and hardships, truck sales defied the dramas with near-record results recorded by those brands able to make the most of difficult conditions. Typically, Isuzu and Kenworth ruled their respective roosts but they weren’t the only players to kick goals in a rough game
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Daimler scalable autonomous platform based on Cascadia
Daimler Truck is developing a Cascadia-based platform which will allow autonomous driving
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NSW operator chooses Cascadia for consumption
A Taree, NSW trucking operator has welcomed a Freightliner Cascadia to his mixed fleet.
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Freightliner trucks recalled over clutch issue
Defect may present risk of unintended vehicle motion
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Time travels: 40 years of Freightliner on the road
No brand in the world today better highlights the technical evolution of conventional trucks than Freightliner with its unmatched advances in the latest Cascadia. Australia has certainly played its part in Freightliner development and in this remarkable report across 40 years of trucking, Steve Brooks delivers a detailed history lesson before doing time behind the wheel of two trucks that truly span the technological ages
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Video: 2021 Freightliner Cascadia vs 1982 Freightliner FLC 120
In celebration of Freightliner trucks 40th birthday in Australia, trucking legend Steve Brooks decided to take the new Freightliner Cascadia and Australia's first Freightliner (evaluation model), the FLC120, on a journey through outback New South Wales
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BTS21: New-look digital dashboard for Cascadia
Two large tablet-style screens will give access to a range of controls and displays
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Freightliner Cascadia to gain head-protecting side airbag
Product developed for Australian market bolsters conventional truck’s offering
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Finemore notches double century of Actros trucks
Daimler connection also delivers latest Cascadia for liquids haulage
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BTS21: Brisbane stays strong with new trucks on show
Despite seemingly insurmountable odds, the 2021 Brisbane Truck Show will go ahead with all the optimism and opportunity that for decades has typified Australia’s biggest and brightest trucking event. Sure, a few regular exhibitors may have succumbed to ‘pandemic panic’, but for the truly faithful and the boldly confident, the 2021 Brisbane show will be a stunning panacea marking the start to far better days. Bring it on!
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