Expo Transporte is Mexico’s biggest truck and bus show and HDT Executive Editor David Cullen traveled to Puebla, Mexico to get a taste of trucking south of the border. Photos: David Cullen
Mexico's Mega Truck Show [Photos]
Mexico’s flag interpreted in lights appears to float above a VNL tractor in Volvo Trucks North America’s imaginative booth at the Expo Transporte truck and bus show in Puebla, Mexico.
Photo: David Cullen
Expo Transporte, held at a dramatically situated hilltop conference center, opened in a light rain, which did not dampen attendance at all.
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Like Volvo Trucks North America, sister OEM Mack Trucks announced at the show that this year it will start using GHG17-spec engines in the trucks it sells in Mexico.
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This Intertional LT was displayed in pride of place at the Navistar booth.
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The Freightliner 360 cabover line was intriduced two years ago as Mexico-specific vehicles. This model is equipped with a curtainsided body, which alllows fast unloading without need for a dock.
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Not many truck shows are held within the shadow of an active volcano. Popocatépetl, about 40 miles from Puebla, came roaring back to life in 1994 after decades of slumber. It erupted numerous times each day of the show.
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Netherlands-based DAF Trucks is a sister company of both Peterbilt and Kenworth-- whose booth next door boasted a vintage long-nose KW.
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Luz Elena Jurado, managing director of Volvo Trucks Mexico, told HDT that the use of GHG17-spec engines this year in Volvo trucks sold in Mexico marks "the first time we will have the same engine technology here as in the U.S. and Canada."
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This Brazil-built fully electric 268-hp VW e-Delivery 11 model is slated to go on sale in Mexico in 2021, a VW Truck and Bus Mexico spokesman at Expo Transporte told HDT.
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In nearby Cholula, an ancient near-vertical staircase confronts members of the media at Tlachihualtepetl, the largest pyramind extant in the world, during an excursion hosted by Volvo Trucks North America.
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Delivery vehicles in Mexico run a wide gamut, from beer trucks akin to those in the U.S. to pint-sized commercial vans.
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Helping liven up the Volvo Trucks North America booth, a stand-up driver simulator is stripped down but challenging nonetheless.
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