kscarbel2 Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 First MAN TGE rolls off the line MAN Truck & Bus Press Release / April 6, 2017 A month after the sales launch, the first production MAN TGE is rolling off the line at the newly constructed plant in Wrzesnia, Poland. The teams headed by Jens Ocksen (CEO of Volkswagen Poznan) and Dennis Affeld (Senior Vice President Sales Van at MAN Truck & Bus) jointly take delivery of the first MAN TGE, a silver van with the VIN number … 01. The launch of the TGE marks the start of a new era for MAN. It is the first time MAN Truck & Bus has marketed a light commercial vehicle, and represents a response to the demand from many long-standing customers in the logistics, courier and parcel service, after-sales and trades sectors. The main reasons for the increasing use of large vans are the expansion of online shopping, harmonised driving licence regulations, the wide-ranging versatility of the vehicles and their car-like handling and performance. Increasing urbanisation, especially, is driving demand for a broad range from 3 tonnes gross vehicle weight rating upwards. Good reasons, indeed, to source such a model within the Group, utilising available synergies. "Our recently established plant in Wrzesnia is setting new quality standards. The vehicles undergo a wide range of quality checks. The dimensional stability of the body shell itself is repeatedly checked during the assembly process by automated lasers and digital cameras on multiple geometric stations. I am therefore delighted to be supplying the MAN brand with a model of such high value added as this first TGE", comments Jens Ocksen. Dennis Affeld enthusiastically agrees: "We are looking forward to combining the high-quality production standards of the TGE with MAN's professional sales and service network. We have no doubt our customers will love it. We plan to sell about 20,000 vehicles a year." The vehicle with VIN number 1 is a silver van with a short wheelbase and high roof. The high-roof MAN TGE is around six metres long with a load capacity of 10.7 cubic metres. The van – in weight rating variants up to 3.5 tonnes – is powered by a highly efficient 1968 cm3 capacity diesel engine developing 103 kW/140 hp. There is already one site where the vehicle will be in use: the MAN plant in Munich. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Maxidyne Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Badge engineered VW Crafter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted October 21, 2017 Author Share Posted October 21, 2017 36 minutes ago, Maxidyne said: Badge engineered VW Crafter? Yes, but a very good move I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxidyne Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Agreed, doesn't hurt to have more dealers and appeal to a bigger audience. Perhaps soon to appear at International dealers here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted October 21, 2017 Author Share Posted October 21, 2017 31 minutes ago, Maxidyne said: Agreed, doesn't hurt to have more dealers and appeal to a bigger audience. Perhaps soon to appear at International dealers here? VW Truck & Bus (Brazil) is superb in the Latin American commercial truck market. And of course VW is huge* in Europe's light commercial truck market. Still though, I think there's vast potential to penetrate the market via the MAN sales network. * http://www.volkswagen-commercial-vehicles.com/en/models.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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