Adds a 16.4 L V8 diesel engine to the Cherrier Percheron, plus motorsport, battery-electric, expedition, race transporter, refuse truck, stub truck and tipper builds. Everything is built from real-world references (truck specifications, body builder data, motorsport and road regulations) and uses only original work plus official BeamNG assets.
ERA NOTE
The Percheron represents an early-2000s European truck. The V8, the automated manual gearbox (on the market since 1997), traction control, the motorsport builds, the refuse truck and the stub truck fit that era. The E-Trait (battery-electric), the expedition's LED light bar and solar panels, the electric steps and cassette awnings and the refuse truck's contour marking (mandatory from 2011) are deliberate modern "what-if" features.
V8 ENGINE AND GEARBOX
- 16.4 L V8 diesel, selectable in the engine slot of every Percheron
- Engine management tiers: 530 / 590 / 660 / 770 hp plus an adjustable race ECU
- 12-speed automated manual gearbox (AMT): range / splitter, automatic clutch with smooth re-engagement, truck shift strategy with skip shifts, no gear changes without air pressure
- Visible retarder; tachometer with the V8's green torque band; optional traction control (ASR)
- Speed limiter selectable for every Percheron: 90 km/h, 100 km/h or delete
- Door power badges matching the V8 tune (530 / 590 / 660 / 770), selectable as Model Badge
- Heavy-duty torque converter for the automatic gearboxes
- V8 sound based on BeamNG's own V8 diesel recordings
CONFIGURATIONS
V8 tractors
- XL770 V8 6x4 Fifthwheel (AMT): flagship tractor, 770 hp / 3700 N*m, 12-speed AMT with retarder, trailer lines on the catwalk
- L660 V8 4x2 Fifthwheel (AMT): long-haul tractor, 660 hp / 3300 N*m, 12-speed AMT with retarder, trailer lines on a side bracket
Motorsport
- Race 44 V8 4x2 (M): circuit race truck, about 1200 hp, 160 km/h limiter, lowered race chassis, race tyres and brakes, splitter, side pods, flat deck around the fifth wheel, quick-ratio steering, race cockpit (roll cage, bucket seat, harness), working circuit breaker, #44 livery
- Rally-Raid 544 V8 4x4 (M): about 1000 hp, 140 km/h limiter, long-travel 4x4 chassis with central tyre inflation, bull bar with 6 working spotlights, roof pod, snorkel that sets the real engine wading depth, equipment box with sand ladders and spare wheels, quick-ratio steering, working circuit breaker, "Percheron Rally Team" livery
- S1200 V8 4x2 Stub Racer (M): meme build - the 3.30 m stub box truck with the ~1200 hp race V8, no speed limiter, 12-speed manual, race brakes and tyres, quick-ratio steering, race cockpit; box and tail lift stay, baby blue livery
Electric
- LE660 E-Trait 4x2 Fifthwheel (EV): battery-electric tractor, twin-motor central drive with 490 kW peak / 330 kW continuous, fixed reduction, blended regenerative braking, 472 kWh in four packs
- SE450 E-Trait 4x2 Box (EV): battery-electric distribution truck, 330 kW peak / 230 kW continuous, 400 kWh
- Both with traction control (ASR via motor torque, switch in the cab), an electric air compressor for the air brakes and air suspension, and their own cluster display: state of charge, power / regen meter, consumption, range; optional E-Trait factory livery
Bodies
- Expedition V8 4x4 (M): 5 m habitation cabin on a damped 3-point subframe with kitchen, dinette, wet room with an opening door, rear bed and interior lights; operable awning and electric telescopic steps, removable roof rack with solar panels, jerry cans and sand ladders, removable swing-away spare wheel carrier, winch, LED light bar; super-single tyres with tyre pressure control; removable rear fenders; flappy mudflaps; "Vasterra" livery
- Expedition V8 6x6 (M): the same habitation truck on the official offroad tandem, super-single tyres and central tyre inflation on all six wheels
- XL770 V8 8x8 Expedition Luxury (AMT): built on the official twin-steer 8x8, 24 t, super-single tyres with tyre pressure control on all eight wheels; 7.35 m graphite-metallic cabin with leather lounge, galley with oven, wet room with shower and WC, bedroom with island bed, walnut interior and ambient lighting; hydraulic gull-wing side wall, telescopic LED light mast, awning, electric steps, orange-red LED accents; balcony, bull bar with LED spots and winch and sun visor with LED bars selectable in the parts menu
- Race Transporter V8 6x2 (XL): race-car transporter motorhome in the Race 44 team design, integral body flush with the high-roof cab, living area with slide-out, motorised awning and electric entrance steps, rear garage with a hydraulic column tail lift for one race car, clickable rear control panel (12.0 m long, 3.97 m high)
- S370 V8 6x2 Rear Loader Refuse Truck (A): fully working 24 m3 rear loader with tailgate, 4-phase packer cycle, ejector plate, split bin lifter for 60 l - 1.1 m3 bins, folding crew footboards with safety interlocks, clickable rear control panels, gearbox PTO with automatic idle raise; road-legal lighting, contour and warning marking; "Stadtreinigung Hollerstadt" livery
- S530 V8 4x2 Stub Box Truck (AMT): short-wheelbase box truck on its own 3.30 m frame, 3.75 m box (6 euro pallets), 1500 kg cantilever tail lift as rear closure with hold-to-run controls, ground tilt, warning lamps and flags (6.3 m long)
- S530 V8 6x4 Three-Way Tipper (AMT): steel three-way tipper body (rear 50°, sides 45°), pendulum drop sides with claw locks that open by themselves, engine PTO with idle raise, exterior control box, "body up" warning and 10 km/h limit, payload slider up to 14 t
- S590 V8 6x4 Fifthwheel Wet-Kit (AMT) + 3-axle aluminium halfpipe tipper semi-trailer (26 m³): the trailer is built on the official EU trailer kit (EU Trailers > Tipper, empty and 24 t), tipped by the tractor's wet-kit PTO pump from the tractor's control panel, pendulum tailgate with automatic lock
Every config has a battery master switch on the battery box (the race trucks use their circuit breaker). Optional ADR equipment for every cab: a guarded emergency switch on the dashboard that works together with the battery box switch. All parts are also available individually in the parts selector; the liveries are selectable in Paint Design (paint colours 1-3 adjustable).
CONTROLS (bindable in Options > Controls; clickable buttons on the vehicles)
- Body functions: U / Shift+U, G / Shift+G, T / Shift+T, O / Shift+O; Y = stop all (transporter: Shift+Y releases the emergency stop)
- Battery master switch: Shift+M
- Refuse truck / tipper / wet-kit PTO: Shift+P
- Tipper: tip rear U, left G, right T (with Shift: lower)
- 8x8 Expedition Luxury: gull-wing side wall U / Shift+U, light mast T
- Circuit breaker (race trucks): Shift+B
HOW TO USE
Spawn the Cherrier Percheron and pick one of the fifteen configurations (the tipper semi-trailer is under EU Trailers), or add the parts to your own Percheron in the parts selector.
CREDITS
Base vehicle, V8 engine mesh and sounds by BeamNG (official game assets). Body kits, bodies, chassis tuning, electric drive, cluster display and liveries by MrFabou. All brand and sponsor names are fictional; all liveries use open-licensed fonts.
Requires BeamNG.drive 0.40 (tested on 0.40.5).
Alpha Percheron V8 & Motorsport Pack + E-Truck, Expedition, Race Transporter, Refuse, Stub Truck & Tipper 2.7
16.4 L V8 diesel plus race, rally-raid, electric, expedition, transporter, refuse and stub trucks
Recent Updates
- 2.7: 8x8 Expedition Luxury camper Nov 10, 2026 at 11:57 AM
- 2.6: Three-way tipper and halfpipe tipper semi-trailer Nov 10, 2026 at 11:57 AM
- 2.5.1: BeamNG 0.40.5 fix, stiffer race transporter, removable expedition parts Nov 9, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Recent Reviews
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Thanks! I will working on further improving the details of the 3d models.
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Thanks a lot, glad you like the expedition one! An 8x8 luxury camper is a cool idea - it's on my list now. It's a bigger build (longer habitat, second steering axle, tyre pressure control on all 8 wheels), so it will take a while, but I'll let you know when it's in.
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Thanks for the detailed feedback, really helpful!
- Race hauler rear: fixed - the lockers are proper closed boxes now, no more see-through below the ramp.
- Upfit stiffness: done - the body is now braced to the frame properly, it no longer sways or bends in corners.
- Expedition spare wheel carrier and roof rack: both are separate parts now and can be removed (the awning stays on its own roof brackets).
- Expedition cab with access to the bellows: good idea, that one needs a new cab rear wall, so it comes in a later update.
All of this (except the cab) is in the next update.
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Author's Response
Thanks man! Good idea, matching power badges (660, 770...) for the V8s are on the list, maybe the Stub Racer gets a 1200 one too
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Author's Response
Thanks a lot, glad you like it! More is coming, a tipper and an oversize load truck are on the list.
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Thanks, means a lot! Still plenty to polish, but it's getting there.
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Thanks for coming back! Good catches, the spare wheel and the fender rods get fixed in the next update, and flappy mudflaps are on the way too
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Thanks! The next update gives the race trucks a proper cockpit (cage, bucket seat, harness) and removes the extra mirrors. The thumbnails are getting redone too.
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Author's Response
Thanks! The steps need the entrance door fully open, that check was buggy in 2.0 and is fixed now. The oversize load truck is on my list
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