摘要: |
Launched at the IAA Transportation show in Hanover last September, and pretty well simultaneously awarded the International Truck of the Year 2023, expectations were raised sky high before the author so much as opened the driver's door. Since then she has had a proper chance to both crawl all over it and drive it, and this is what was found. The big noise around XG was all about aerodynamics, and its use of the new EU Masses & Dimensions legislation to both reduce drag and increase the space available inside the cab for the benefit of drivers. One look at XD and it's immediately obvious it shares the same 'DNA' -DAF's description, but an apt one - as its bigger long-haul sibling. The emphasis is slightly different this time around, however, concentrating mostly on the massively improved direct vision from the new cab, as is appropriate for a truck intended to be used for vocational and distribution applications. |