kscarbel2 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Commercial Motor / February 12, 2020 Is MAN’s new TGX genuinely new, or a facelift of a 20-year old cab? . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swishy Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Just a nother Euro Bus shaped lorry image how heavy th@ door would B to open wen it's on its side in a ditch the demo man dun look comfortable leanin forward to grab the wheel & controls LOL WotSezU? cya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 Ted, I sez MAN builds a good truck. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swishy Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Kevin m80 they may B a good truck but so do all the other makers most of the Euro trucks not suitable for Australia ...... they R not a common truck with backup, service & parts The yanky type iron use common equipment ... all the yanky trucks use Cummins, RR, Meritor, hendrickson etc all or most these bits & service available @ all good corner stores which keeps the price down LOL cya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 Ted, both you and David Wild know that MAN is a great truck. Are MAN and the other European brands suitable for Australia? Yes, and no. For ordinary on-road operation, I'll argue they have been market adapted. A lot of operators in Oz are running Scania with V8s, including the outback, and swear by them. Mack in Oz is no longer the Australian Mack product we knew and liked. Now, it's just a Volvo with a Mack badge. Paccar, despite its arrogant and snobbish corporate culture, has done extremely well. Kenworth displaced Mack in Australia years ago, this we all know. Paccar offers a broad range of models specifically designed for Australia. But as in the US, Paccar is shooting themselves in the foot by trying to force customers to take their DAF engines (Paccar MX) over the Cummins, a hugely arrogant mistake. I do agree that Paccar is mistakenly trying to push the old last-generation DAF CF into Oz. It's out of place. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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fjh Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 1 hour ago, kscarbel2 said: Ted, both you and David Wild know that MAN is a great truck. Are MAN and the other European brands suitable for Australia? Yes, and no. For ordinary on-road operation, I'll argue they have been market adapted. A lot of operators in Oz are running Scania with V8s, including the outback, and swear by them. Mack in Oz is no longer the Australian Mack product we knew and liked. Now, it's just a Volvo with a Mack badge. Paccar, despite its arrogant and snobbish corporate culture, has done extremely well. Kenworth displaced Mack in Australia years ago, this we all know. Paccar offers a broad range of models specifically designed for Australia. But as in the US, Paccar is shooting themselves in the foot by trying to force customers to take their DAF engines (Paccar MX) over the Cummins, a hugely arrogant mistake. I do agree that Paccar is mistakenly trying to push the old last-generation DAF CF into Oz. It's out of place. This whole scenario with KW sounds terribly familiar don't ya think if we don't got it you don't need it! must have hired some ex volvo people! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayseed Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Looks like they've raided the Scania parts bin for that Grille............ Swisho, those old T series Scania's were (& still are) a good truck.. Quote "Be who you are and say what you feel...Because those that matter...don't mind...And those that mind....don't matter." - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swishy Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Seed m80 is the 'T' aka the gumboot? cya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted March 29, 2020 Author Share Posted March 29, 2020 I like the now discontinued conventional cab Scania "T Series" as well. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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