Australia’s army has ordered no less than 2,500 new trucks from MAN. The vehicles will be built at MAN’s specialised defense-company Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles in Austria. Australia pays 1,1 billion euro’s for it’s new truckfleet. Australia ordered many rigids, tipper vehicles in various shapes and sizes, vehicles to deal with swap bodies, and recovery…… Continue Reading
Dutch transport company Limpens in Elsloo organised its own Euro-6 comparison test. The company ordered eight trucks of four brands to compare the Euro-6 technic on board. The MAN, Mercedes and DAF truck are 410 Hp versions, the Volvo is 460. Limpens wants trucks round 400 Hp, but Volvo could only deliver the 460 version.…… Continue Reading
The first new MAN trucks are rolling out. Here’s the first Euro-6 MAN truck that was spotted in Sweden by Jonas A. Thanks for the material Jonas!… Continue Reading
The exhaust gas systems for Euro-6 take a lot of space on the frame of a truck, and especialy in construction that is complicated. In the case of 8×4, 8×8 or like in Holland 10×8 configurations the engineers end up with a huge puzzle where to put things. MAN has a solution for that problem with…… Continue Reading
Today i was at MAN and although the press material for the Bauma exhibition is under embargo this was what they showed outside. This is the new crewcab, here shown on a TGM 4×4 truck. Now this is a neat cab for firefighters or transporting people to the job, even through rough terrain! …… Continue Reading
In Holland the MAN dealer network has introduced the Euro 6 models with an impressive demo fleet some time ago. Now the first Euro 6 truck was delivered to a costumer. Veeke Pallet Repair from Bosschenhoofd got the first new MAN TGX XXL Euro 6 truck in The Netherlands. … Continue Reading
After the presentation of the MAN engines for Euro 6 we are all waiting for the new big ones for heavy transport. The V8 engine with 680 Hp is nog going to make it for Euro 6, and MAN annouced there will be a big sixpot in 2014. The new big banger is going to be…… Continue Reading
On the Bauma exhibition in Munich MAN will launch their Euro 6 construction vehicles. Here is the first photo of the new MAN truck. The trucks come with outputs from 320 to 480 Hp and with a torque of 1600 until 2300 Nm. The Euro 6 versions will be 200 kilo heavier than the Euro…… Continue Reading
MAN introduced the complete new Euro 6 lineup at the IAA show in Hannover but these are the first new TGL and TGM trucks we spotted on the road. The photo’s were sent in by Iepieleaks spie Jonas A, Thanks for that! … Continue Reading
The introduction of the new MAN trucks for Euro6 means the end of the V8 engine. This big banger was developed together with Liebherr for big yellow iron machines and if you ask me, that is where it belongs. At the presentation of the Euro6 models MAN anounched the end of the V8 in about…… Continue Reading
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