Volvo Trucks, friends of Jean-Claude Van Damme and all truckies, are pretty good at setting world records.

Back in 2007, their 1600 horsepower 'The Wild Viking' beat the world record for the standing-start 0-1000 m (0.62 mile) distance, with an average speed of 158.8 km/h (98.67mph). Three years later, they went further, reaching an average speed of 103.5mph with their 'NH D16' prototype, only to set a new record with a hybrid the next time around. That truck—called the 'Mean Green'—packed a 1800 horsepower diesel, plus a 300 electric motor, good enough combined for an average speed of 147 miles per hour.

Now, they came up with 'The Iron Knight', their latest and greatest custom truck featuring a heavily turbocharged series engine and a standard I-Shift Dual Clutch transmission with a reinforced clutch.

Sufficient cooling. Volvo Trucks

Simply put, Iron Knight is the world's fastest truck. It has an upgraded D13 diesel with a water-cooled intercooler and four turbochargers, producing 2400 horsepower and 4425 pound feet of torque. At 10,080 pounds, it weighs 2204 pounds less than the hybrid 'Mean Green' did, putting its a power-to-weight ratio above 0.5hp/kg, which is roughly half as good as a Koenigsegg One:1's.

With a fiberglass cab and 1994 European Truck Racing Champion Boije Ovebrink in it, The Iron Knight set two FIA world records at a former airfield outside Skellefteå in northern Sweden. Reaching a top speed of 276 km/h (171mph), the Volvo covered 500 meters in 13.71 seconds from a standing start at 131.29 km/h, and 1000m in 21.29 seconds at 169km/h.

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Of course Volvo Trucks did this whole thing to promote the hell out of their I-Shift Dual Clutch transmission, which was put in the recorder truck straight from a series Volvo FH with the addition of sintered discs and pressure plates. Volvo is very proud of how this unit can shift without dropping the torque, which can improve efficiency greatly when hauling stuff. And that's what trucks are all about.

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