Volvo Trucks

Double first for BP Gas with I-Sync and Dynafleet

Six new Volvo FL 4x2 rigid tankers have entered service with BP Gas. They are the first Volvo’s in the BP Gas fleet to be equipped with Dynafleet and also the first to be fitted with the I-Sync automated gearbox.

Trucks of the future closer to reality than you think

Progress is getting ever faster. In just ten years’ time trucks are going to be a lot different to those of today. At least that is according to Rikard Orell, Design Director at Volvo Truck Corporation and one of the brains behind Concept Truck 2020, the Volvo Truck Corporation's bold vision for the future.

Volvo Trucks’ support raises nearly £40k for Air Ambulance Services

Air ambulance services across the Midlands saw a £15,600 boost to their funds in April thanks to the backing of Volvo Trucks and Birmingham-based Steve Benton Transport.

GMA celebrate silver jubilee with new Volvo Trucks

Ipswich-based GMA Warehousing and Transport have established a new venture in Felixstowe and have put a dozen new Volvo FH-460s on the road to mark the launch.

Hillhead set to be first UK public showing for Volvo FMX

The first public showing of the new Volvo FMX construction truck will be at the Hillhead Show at Buxton between 22nd and 24th June, where a bodied 8x4 LHD tipper will be on display.

Volvo FE Low Entry Cab debuts at Futuresource

Volvo’s FE Low Entry Cab (LEC) rigid, which is aimed at the waste collection and recycling sector, will make its first public appearance at a show in England at the FutuResource international conference and trade fair on June 15 – 17th.

Fowler Welch makes it a ‘ton’ with Volvo and Crossroads

Leading Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) distribution company Fowler Welch have put their 100th Volvo truck into service just 18 months after taking their first Volvo’s for over 10 years.

Penske Truck Leasing orders 600 Volvo VNs

The US-based transportation services provider Penske has ordered 600 Volvo VN670 tractors providing near-zero regulated emissions and improved fuel economy.

Design makes a difference – even for trucks

Trucks are typical commercial vehicles. In light of this, one might expect truck buyers’ purchasing decisions to be based entirely on rational factors such as fuel consumption, payload, service costs and transport kilometres per euro. Well, think again. Truck design is more important that you may imagine.

Dairy Crest go for Volvo Service Point Online

The Nuneaton depot of Dairy Crest, the UK’s leading chilled dairy foods company, have saved time and money, improved their financial reporting and transformed their workshop scheduling by using the latest transport solution from Volvo Trucks - Volvo Service Point Online, which they are using to handle all their fleet’s maintenance and repair work.

The Volvo Group - Moving the world

Without the products and services of the Volvo Group there can be no modern society like we know it. Like a blood flow, our trucks, buses, engines, construction equipment and air craft components are involved in many of the functions that most of us rely on every day.

London Waste tune in to Volvo FM EEV

One of London’s most progressive waste management companies has ordered the cleanest possible trucks to work from their EcoPark base in North London. London Waste Ltd is putting 18 new Volvo FM-420 EEV (Enhanced Environmentally Friendly Vehicle) tractors on the road.