Volvo Trucks has added yet another trophy to its cabinet in the shape of the Fleet Transport Irish Truck of the Year 2014 Award, in association with RSA Insurance, for the all-new FH series.

To date, the totally new Heavy Duty/Long Haul truck range has received top honours in Russia, Poland, Slovenia and Northern Ireland and won the most prestigious title of all the International Truck of the Year 2014 presented recently at the ComTrans Show in Moscow.

According to the adjudication panel, “The all-new Volvo FH series was our number 1 choice for the Fleet Transport Irish Truck of the Year 2014 because it is a totally new design with many innovative features in terms of driver efficiency, safety and comfort plus reduced cost of ownership. While keeping within the Volvo Truck family design the new cab design is striking to look at, especially from the side view. The new cab also offers better visibility and additional storage options over the outgoing model. A worthy winner.”

The Volvo FH battled it out with new models from DAF, Iveco and Scania for the ultimate Irish prize organised by Fleet Transport magazine annually for the past 11 years, there were other two categories in the Awards programme with the Mercedes-Benz Antos winning the National Distribution category and the Iveco Trakker scooping the Construction segment.  Daimler’s FleetBoard was honoured in the Truck Innovation class with the new Quinn Arch Transcool semi-Trailer taking the Trailer Innovation prize.

In the Green Commercial Awards sponsored by ESB ecars, the MEGA e-Worker was deemed the Best Electric Utility while the MAN EcoCity CNG won the Natural Gas powered class.  Finally, in the newly established Green Commercial Engine of the Year 2014 Awards, Scania with its Euro 6 Phase II was acknowledged in the Diesel class with the 1.0 litre Ford EcoBoost petrol gaining another honour, like Volvo Trucks, to add to its already bulging trophy cabinet.