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A small platform was fitted to each truck behind the wing mirrors to support Van Damme's feet during the stunt. [8] Mikael Rosell was the driver of the truck steering sideways. [10] [11] Both trucks were driving in reverse at a fixed speed of 25 kilometres per hour (16 mph), with co-drivers in each of the two trucks to help monitor the speed. [11]
Volvo Trucks (Swedish: Volvo Lastvagnar) is a truck manufacturing division of Volvo based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Volvo Trucks was a separate company within Volvo. The Volvo Group was reorganised on 1 January 2012 and as a part of the process, Volvo Trucks ceased to be a separate company and was instead incorporated into Volvo Group Trucks along ...
From 1947 onwards the LV290 series could be delivered with Volvo's pre-chamber diesel engine VDB. [3] On these trucks the bonnet had been extended even further to accommodate the large engine. A few trucks were fitted with the larger direct injected VDF engine in 1951 before the Longnose was succeeded by Volvo Titan.
The Volvo VN (also known as the Volvo VNL) is a heavy-duty truck produced by the Swedish vehicle manufacturer Volvo Trucks. Initially developed in North America, it was introduced in 1996 as the second generation Volvo Class 8 tractor. For the 2000 model year, the VN was officially renamed VNL.
During the war, many of these trucks were equipped with wood gas generators. 1944 saw the introduction of the LV140-series with the big FE engine which replaced the LV180/190-series. In 1946 the Roundnose became the first Volvo truck offered with a diesel engine. [3] The LV150-series was equipped with Volvo's VDA pre-chamber diesel engine.
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The new R 730 then became the most powerful large-scale production truck in the world, [citation needed] only to be surpassed by the Volvo FH16 750 (750 hp, 3550 N·m) in September 2011. In March 2013, Scania launched the new Streamline versions for R-series and G-series, featuring engines complying with Euro 6 regulations and aerodynamic ...
Introduced in 1987 with a 16 litres engine, that's where the named was derived from like F10 and F12. The new model now held the flagship tractor title of the Volvo not only Volvo, but also it was the most powerful tractor of Europe beating MAN 19462, Mercedes-Benz 1644, Iveco turbostar 190.42 and Scania 2-series producing 460hp from an in house TD162F engine was also an inline six engines ...