Stelvio Massi directed most of the episodes, which were written by Tonino Valerii; the score was composed by Detto Mariani.
The plot revolves around two truckers, Franco (Renato D'Amore) and Vanni (Christian Fremon) and their rig, an Iveco 190-42 Turbostar named Gambero Rosso (Red Prawn in English).
Most of the scenes were shot in South Tyrol, in Sterzing and near Bolzano, but the series was one of the first produced for the Italian television to use many foreign locations, ranging from Moscow, Tunisia, Poland and Spain.
The show title is based on a pun: in Italian language assi means both a couple of skilled and brave men (aces) and the axles of a vehicle.
The turbo of the title is the Turbostar truck, at the time a very popular and common model made by the Italian manufacturer Iveco.