Trucksales' top five reviews

Trucksales' Reviews are extremely popular among our dedicated readers. It's where we can keep you up to date with the latest in truck releases and technology.

So whether the COVID-19 pandemic has meant you're rushed off your feet on the road, or you've 'battened down the hatches' at home, we thought over the coming days and weeks we'd recap on some of our most searched-for and popular articles.

To that end, here are the Trucksales top five Reviews that we've run over the past year…

1. 2019 Kenworth T410: Review

Launched in March 2019, the Kenworth T410 is a great all-rounder if you're looking for a truck to fill a number of roles in a fleet.

The T410 also fairly bristles with the latest in safety and technology.

We grabbed one for a couple of days in a real-world test that took us from Wagga Wagga to Hexham. Along the way, we got to fully test the T410 and all its attributes...

2. Australia's first mirrorless vehicle: Quickspin

The latest version of Mercedes-Benz's Actros is the first road-registerable vehicle of any kind to have no rear-view mirrors. We first saw it at the 2019 Brisbane Truck Show and were understandably curious to see how the system performed on the road.

Our curiosity was satisfied when we were offered a drive out of Melbourne in all kinds of conditions.

What we found is that the Actros is more than just a truck with no mirrors, it is one of the best heavy-duty trucks on the road.

3. 2020 Iveco Daily 4x4: Quickspin

Although the 2020 Iveco Daily has been formally launched to the media, there are a few examples around and we were fortunate enough to grab one for a day put it through its paces.

What resulted was one of the most popular and most widely-read reviews of the past year.

The imposing Iveco Daily 4x4 has tapped into a market of its own creation.

There are plenty of Australian buyers who want more payload than a 4WD ute offers, but who don't want a forward-control truck, such as a Fuso Canter, Hino 817 4x4, or Isuzu NLS or NPS 4x4.

4. 2019 Scania R 650 B-double: Review

This year Scania is celebrating 50 years of sales of its popular and grunty V8.
As we said in the story, if some bright spark get their act together and create a time machine, we wonder what a truckie working half a century ago would make of this 2019 Scania R 650.

It is altogether comfortable, powerful, comparatively economical, and a great truck for any application...

5. Isuzu FRR 110-260 Freightpack: Review

As part of the 2019 Isuzu Media Drive Day, we got a good, solid run in one of the latest F-Series Ready-to-Work Freightpacks.

Originally only available in the N Series, Isuzu introduced us to the F Series Freightpack at the Brisbane Truck Show. The pre-bodied Freightpack trucks are available in 10-pallet, 12-pallet and 14-pallet configurations with either four- or six-cylinder engines and with automated-manual or full-auto transmissions.

Our test truck was a 110-260 FRR with a 10-pallet body, it was powered by the 6HK1-TCC engine which is a 7790cc 24-valve six-cylinder mill that puts out 256hp (191kW) and 761Nm of torque at 1450-2400rpm.