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CJD Equipment Tasmania, DAF truck dealer for Hobart and Launceston, has taken out the DAF 'Dealer of the Year' award for 2013 at PACCAR's annual dealer event.

Renault has announced a new version of the Master delivery van that they say is ideally suited to urban multi-drop duties - the Master Low Roof L1H1.

With truck owners, drivers, industry specialists and fans of the Cat brand squarely in mind, Cat Trucks has now launched a fully dedicated Facebook site.

A rare spot of good news concerning the auto manufacturing industry in Australia came this week when specialty vehicle conversion company Byron Group opened a new plant in Western Sydney.

Hamburg-based forklift manufacturer, Jungheinrich, will be unveiling a completely re-designed generation of IC-engine powered forklifts at May's CeMAT 2014 intralogistics expo in Hannover.

In addition to showcasing new trucks, Jungheinrich will be presenting a range of completely redesigned and re-engineered driver workstation innovations to an international audience at CeMAT, the world's leading fair for intralogistics in Hanover, Germany, from May 19 - 22.

JCB say their TM320S Agri articulated telehandler is unlike any other product on the Australian market: a cross between a wheel loader and a telehandler. This combination provides exceptional manoeuvrability, allowing access to tight locations, and thus loads to be placed with greater precision.

Toyota Material Handling Australia (TMHA) has launched a versatile new reach truck - the BT Reflex O-Series - designed to operate on outdoor surfaces.

Polaris Industries have unveiled a new 'farm safe' ATV - the 'Sportsman Ace' - that the company are claiming is also an entirely new type of off-road vehicle.

Toyota has updated safety and convenience features on selected dual cab models for 2014, with the changes meaning that all 22 Hilux variants, including 11 dual cab models, are now five-star ANCAP safety rated.

Entries for John Deere's 'Road to the Horse' competition, a unique horsemanship event in the USA, close this Friday, so if you haven't lodged your entry, you'd better move fast!

Toyota Material Handling Australia (TMHA) has retained overall national forklift market leadership for the fifth consecutive year.

Hino has announced the appointment of Steve Lotter to the position of Chairman and CEO of Hino Motor Sales Australia, effective from February 1, 2014.

Renault Australia's Light Commercial Vehicle arm has enjoyed another year of success in 2013, with 2,299 vehicles delivered to Australian business customers.

Following their release to the local market in September, Victorian construction materials supply firm, EB Mawson & Sons, have today taken delivery of the first Bell E-Series Articulated Dump Truck (ADT) for Australia, supplied by importers, Hitachi Construction Machinery (Australia) Pty Ltd (HCA).

Suzuki has extended its support for Aussie farmers by offering bonuses of up to $1,500* on their KingQuad ATV range.

Australia's most popular farm bike in 2013*, the Suzuki Trojan, will kickstart 2014 at an unbelievably low ride away price.

Understanding that more and more primary producers are using new technology for precision agriculture - and gathering more data in the process - John Deere has introduced 'Wireless Data Transfer' (WDT) which enables the wireless transmission of data between the GreenStar_ 3 2630 display, MyJohnDeere.com, and the producer's own farm management information system.

The Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) has awarded a five-star safety rating to the Isuzu D-MAX ute. This rating applies to all 4x4 D-MAX crew cab variants built from November 2013.

John Deere has announced details of a competition with a difference - and one that's a dream for any horse fan.

Citroen's Berlingo compact delivery van recently scored its third "Small Van of the Year" award in the UK.

Toyota Material Handling Australia has launched a smartphone service application to enable faster and easier logging of service requests. An android version will also be available for non i-Phone users.

Dakar veteran Gerard De Rooy is making final preparations ahead of the Iveco De Rooy Petronas Team's return to the Dakar rally in South America.

Hino Team Sugawara have been class winners at the past four Dakar rallies in their Hino 500 Series trucks. In 2014, the father and son team of Yoshimasa and Teruhito Sugawara are hoping to make that five from five with an all-new 500 Series contender.