Volvo Trucks appoint Mike Corcoran as Commercial Truck Director

Mike Corcoran has been appointed to the position of Commercial Truck Director for Volvo Trucks with effect from next year. In his new role, Mike will be responsible for the Volvo Trucks new trucks business - including fleet sales - in the UK and Ireland and reports

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Volvo Trucks announces winners of 'Truck of the Future 2050' design competition

Volvo Trucks has announced the names of the winning entries in the three, age related, categories of the 'Truck of the Future 2050' design competition. They are Luo Tong Sim (Under 11 years), Barry Llewellyn (11-18 years) and Rhys Guy Llewellyn (Over 18 years).

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New Volvo FL and Volvo FMX now with crew cab

The new Volvo FL and Volvo FMX are now available at Euro-6 with the option of a four-door crew cab for operations such as fire and rescue services or roadside assistance. The crew cabs offer the same high level of safety as all Volvo Trucks' other cabs.

"We are very proud

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Volvo Trucks launches first automated transmission for heavy vehicles with dual clutch

Volvo Trucks is now launching I-Shift Dual Clutch - the first automated transmission for heavy vehicles with a dual clutch system. Due to power-shift gear changes torque is maintained without any interruption in power delivery and, as a consequence, the truck does not lose

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Volvo Trucks launches 'Truck of the Future 2050' design competition

To celebrate the historic landmark of the 200,000th Volvo truck to be registered in the UK since the company began trading here in 1967, Volvo Trucks has announced a very special design competition to attract the truck designers and engineers of the future of road

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New Regional MD for Volvo Truck and Bus Centre London

Volvo Truck and Bus Centre London has appointed Peter Groome to be its new Regional Managing Director.

Reporting directly to Volvo Trucks' UK MD, Arne Knaben, Peter will be responsible for eight Dealer points in and around London, from Milton Keynes to Croydon

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Volvo Group UK appoints new Director for used trucks

Mike Corcoran has been appointed to the position of Director Used Truck for Volvo Group UK.

He replaces Peter Groome, who has moved to a new role as Regional Managing Director for Volvo Truck and Bus Centre London.

In his new role, Mike will be responsible for both

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Volvo Trucks reports 21 per cent growth in deliveries of October 2013

In October 12,124 Volvo trucks were delivered, an increase of 21 per cent compared with the same month last year.

In Europe 5,552 vehicles were delivered during October, up by 28 per cent compared with October 2012. An extensive product renewal is under way with five

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Volvo Trucks introduces its new truck models in South Africa

Volvo Trucks' launch tour for the company's new truck models outside Europe continues and recently it was the turn of South Africa.

"We are glad to be able to offer our customers in South Africa the most modern and innovative Volvo line-up ever. This will sharpen our competitive

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World arm-wrestling champion presents new clothing collection from Volvo Trucks

Volvo Trucks has created a new clothing collection inspired by the company's latest truck model for heavy construction duties - the Volvo FMX. The collection is a part of a newly-launched partnership between Volvo Trucks and nine-times world arm-wrestling champion,

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