BIG BUSINESS IN BRISBANE
VOLVO’S BIG NEWS
It’s said all good things comes to those who wait and that was certainly the case for Volvo in Brisbane.
More than six years after the launch of the current FH family, you could almost hear the sighs of relief as Volvo Trucks Australia revealed the upsized Globetrotter XXL cab, effectively making Volvo the only European brand with a sleeper cab to match the space and driver convenience of Kenworth’s K200.
After an exhaustive development and test program spanning several years, and by moving the rear wall of a regular XL cab back 250mm, Volvo has created a cab with 40 per cent more space than its existing FH sleeper and surprisingly, 13 per cent more than the XXL cab from the former FH family.
Yet the XXL wasn’t Volvo’s only truck on show. It’s now 25 years since the launch of the original FH range and celebrating the milestone, a ‘Special Edition’ took pride of place equipped with a full suite of safety and operational features – I-shift Dual Clutch, the iSee topography system, dynamic steering and a comprehensive safety pack.
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 firsthand, 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
