Big business

Tokoroa-based Central Equipment Movers is founded on decades of hard work and opportunity-seeking by James family patriarch, Colin. The company’s…

For all the right reasons

We’re back on a truck bent this month. Isuzu’s latest heavyweight GIGA has a new – somewhat polarising – face. On the other hand, like archrival…

Featherweight tactics Part 2

It’s a quote that sums up Ian Newey’s thinking in a nutshell: “If you’re not carting 32 tonne on nine-axles at 50MAX, there’s no point… You should be…

Principles and Progress Part 1

Ian and Shelley Newey are welcoming to a fault, extrovert and happy. They love what they do – individually and as a couple – a union of skill, talent…

Head in the clouds – feet on the ground

The thought of a commercial airline pilot starting a trucking company in the past five years conjures up as many thoughts as there are seats on an…

Back to the future

The International RH picks up where its ProStar predecessor left off – a lightweight short-bonnet conventional, packing some serious punch. Our first…

Meat the man

MAN's New Generation has landed on Kiwi soil. You might at first glance see an evolution, but look closer. This is a new high- tech Lion, and resets…

Up, up and away Part 2

Back to Taihape. The S-Way’s a banging- looking gig. The limitations imposed on European cab designers in terms of dimension envelopes does curb…

Ticket to ride Part 1

Iveco’s flagship S-Way has arrived on our shores and stands to make quite an impact in the market. Another player in Europe’s ‘big seven’, it…