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And so it began, High County Journey's main man and tour leader John Mulholl and in his Toyota Prado leading seven assorted 4x4s, including a Mercedes-Benz, VW Amarok, Nissan Navara, [...]

At the 1993 SAE International Truck and Bus Meeting and Expo held last month in Detroit, members of The Maintenance Council (TMC) of the American Trucking Associations, Alexandria, VA gave [...]

AFTER READING OVER THE specifications for the Sunbeam Tiger ('Collectible Classic,' January), I didn't know Ford made 32-valve V-8s back in the 1960s, and without double overhead cams, too. Holy [...]

Could '93 be the banner year forecasters have been predicting? It just might be if current sales levels stay the course. New truck, trailer and equipment sales for '93 are, [...]

There's a starting wrinkle coming for tomorrow's trucks that will further speed a dazzling show of electronic control over heavy vehicle systems--especially engines, transmissions and brake systems. While details of [...]

Navistar's Hydraulically actuated, Electronically controlled Unit-Injection (HEUI, pronounced 'Huey') system is fuel injection like you've never seen. It will debut in February on the new International 7.3 L T 444E [...]

When Roadway Express, Akron, OH, spent the time and money to convert a few of its trucks and tractors to run on liquefied natural gas (LNG), the trucking industry did [...]

With the in-line, 6-cyl configuration standard in virtually all North American heavy and medium-heavy engines (with the exceptions of Detroit Diesel's 2-stroke vees and Mack's beastly E9 V8), you have [...]

The Spicer drivetrain divisions of Dana Corp., Toledo, OH, usually don't make a lot of noise. No,,splashy press-conferences. No dry ice. They just go quietly about their business. That's curious, [...]

In some respects, diesel engine manufacturers have only themselves to blame for ever-tightening exhaust-emissions standards for trucks, set by the federal Environmental Protection Agency. Think about it. If companies like [...]

It had to happen. It's the next, logical step in the evolution of electronic engine control. Imagine you're in a 70,000-lb. rig, cruising along at 60 mph in top gear, [...]

Roadway Express Inc has begun a test program that involves the running of 10 of its intracity cars on liquefied natural gas for a year or more to gauge both fuel economy and performance of the vehicles. Clean burning alternative fuels are becoming more attractive due to the latest government and state emissions regulations and Roadway's experiments are one response to this situation.

Tracking For Dollars The eyes and ears of the trucking industry are turning skyward. And for many US carriers, satellite positioning and communication technology has revolutionized commercial transport. Satellite tracking [...]

CARS WORTH NOTING ISUZU FSR, VW PASSAT VR6, HONDA CRX HF To know the industry, you've got to know the product. That's why Automotive Industries' editors make a point of [...]

An electronic muffler designed for trucks and heavy equipment is ready to hit the market, and it works without fiberglass packing, baffles or backpressure. Instead, the new muffler, designed by [...]