BIG BUSINESS IN BRISBANE
No doubt about it, the Brisbane Truck Show is Australia’s premier trucking showcase. The one and only event on the Australian trucking calendar where tens of thousands of visitors flock to see the latest and greatest trucks and trucking equipment, mixed with some of the safest, most efficient technology anywhere in the world.
And in true Brisbane fashion, 2019 was another spectacular success, with close to 37,000 visitors pouring through the doors to view first-hand, and many for the first time, the latest developments in trucking hardware.
It’s been two years since the last Brisbane Truck Show and, since then, a vast array of new trucks and equipment have been released by Australia’s leading brands.
Others, however, saved the release of their latest models for Brisbane 2019.
Volvo, for instance, used the Brisbane show to launch the upsized and eagerly anticipated XXL cab for its flagship FH range.
Also from the Volvo group, UD previewed its entirely new Croner model, which will hit the market later this year, while at the other end of the family threesome, Mack showed its new Anthem model to an Australian audience for the first time.
Further down the main hall, Daimler Trucks went all-out to showcase a few exciting new developments in its super-successful Mercedes-Benz range, not least the first Australian presentation of digital mirror technology. Smart!
Next door, Freightliner fired its first public salvo for the upcoming Cascadia conventional, staring straight across the hall at Kenworth’s latest conventionals.
As far as truck shows go, and despite threats to its existence from envious entities, there is nothing in the Southern Hemisphere that comes remotely close to matching the class and excitement of the Brisbane Truck Show. Here are just a few of the many highlights.
MIRROR, MIRROR!
So what’s missing from this truck?
Mirrors, of course. Or at least, mirrors as we know them.
Star attraction on an exceptionally professional and popular Mercedes-Benz stand was the first sight of
