Our top news stories for 2020

Over the festive season we’re bringing you our most-read stories of 2020; here are the news articles that got you clicking...

News is a big part of our editorial content, and we know that our readership loves some news because we can see how many people read our stories. So here are the top five news stories for 2020… Not surprisingly, the most popular was about the sale of trucks!

2019 Australian truck sales – who grew and who didn’t

The all-time record of 2018 was always going to be a tough act to follow, and for 2019 combined sales of new trucks and vans fell by nearly nine per cent…

How the economic package can help you

The Government put some mighty good packages together to help truck owners and operators get through the pandemic.

Instant tax write-offs and small business cash boosts were among the measures to benefit business during the crisis.

Kenworth launches T410SAR

Back in May 2020, Kenworth further extended its range with the release of the new T410SAR.

Kenworth said that it had taken the features of the T410 and applied these and more to bring the all-new Kenworth T410SAR to its customers. And it was an instant hit!

Freightliner launches Cascadia in Australia

Although we wrote this story in November of 2019, the excitement of the Cascadia certainly boiled over into 2020 to the point where this story was one of our top reads in 2020.

And rightly so, as the Cascadia has been short-listed for our 2021 Trucksales Innovation Award.

2021 Mazda BT50 ute revealed

The all-new 2021 Mazda BT-50 ute made its global debut on June 17, ahead of its Australian release later in the year.

Our report on the new dual-cab proved yet again that truckies and truck enthusiasts also love a ute, as the story squeaked into our top five news stories of 2020.