MAN Tractor Unit Standard Truck News (26)

Five decades ago, in 1974, a young Frank Newell and close friend Paul Wright decided to partner up and start the fledgling business, Newell & Wright Transport. They invested in two trucks and started to deliver goods in and around the City of Sheffield. Soon afterwards, from their rented premises, they expanded to cover the…

In addition to displaying a number of used trucks for sale, MAN is set to showcase a range of vehicles from the 3.5 tonne TGE through to the TGX tractor unit at Stoneleigh. And, for the first time on British soil show, MAN will unveil two new MAN models, the all-electric eTGS rigid in both…

Owens Group, one of the UK’s leading family-owned Transport, Warehousing and Distribution companies, choose MAN TGX for their new 156,500 square-foot Magor Gateway Hub. Wales’s largest family-owned independent logistics, warehousing, pallet network, bulk haulage, and express home delivery company, Owens Group, has recently taken delivery of 20 new MAN TGX tractors. The new vehicles, all…

Manfreight’s new MAN TGX 26.640 ‘Individual’ Flagship tractor unit has been fitted with brightly polished alloy wheels, a rooftop lightbar, airhorns and painted in the company’s standout orange livery, Irish logistics company. The truck features the Flagship MAN GX cab, and is powered by MAN’s 15.2 litre, D38, Euro 6e, six-cylinder engine, producing 640hp. Double…

With the high up-front cost of electric HGVs it is vital that the trucks are used as much as possible, replacing their fossil fuel-powered cousins. BMW having a 360km route between two company owned facilities – Leipzig and Regensburg – is the perfect example of this in practise. Using a MAN eTGX, the route can…

MAN Truck & Bus UK has launched a series of e-Truck road trials in partnership with DPD with a MAN eTGX tractor, with a range of up to 800 km and an ultra-fast charging capacity of up to 750 kW. Based at DPD’s Hinckley Hub 4, the eTGX will undergo a comprehensive induction and driver…

MAN has handed over the first eTruck to the Duvenbeck Group. The Ultra Low Liner eTGX tractor unit, specially developed for the loading volume requirements of automotive logistics, is set to work on Volkswagen plant logistics. In accordance with the letter of intent (LOI) signed by both parties, Duvenbeck intends to put up to 120…

McPhersons of Aberlour, Banffshire, has just taken delivery of six New MAN TGS tractors. The new additions are the first vehicles to join the fleet in the company’s new Colbolt Blue corporate livery. Featuring lightweight MAN TGS TM cabs, the six new vehicles are uniform in their specification and are all 6×2 26.480 models with…

MAN gave key customers and members of the press the chance to get behind the wheel of their electric tractor unit at MIRA. Although called the eTGX in all general releases, MAN tell us the model is actually a MAN TGX 18.449 4×2 BL SA EB Electric 4×2 Tractor. This doesn’t trip off the tongue…

Liverpool-based Sovereign Transport Services (STS) has recently added four new MAN TGX 26.520 tractors to its growing fleet. The new vehicles, in the form of 520 hp 6×2 tractors with range-topping GX cabs, all support the Company’s striking new livery. Each of the vehicles will pull new high-cube 15-meter double trailers, delivering goods across the…

Any colour you like as long as it’s black. Harley Davidson Black Cherry Pearl that is, if you are NJI Transport from Dunstable who take delivery of their new fleet flagship, a special one-off MAN TGX 26.640 Individual Lion S with the GX Cab. The truck came with unique factory paintwork the new flagship and…

A double drive MAN TGX 26.480 scheduled to go through the Euro Auctions Leeds sale on 13th September features on this week’s front cover. Resplendent in bright red, the 6×4 tractor unit is from 2011 and is fitted with a manual transmission. The 480 hp TGX is a popular choice, but most available are 6×2…

So, you have almost taken the plunge.  After years of sitting in someone else’s truck being paid a wage, you fancy the opportunity that financial pressure brings with it and investing in your own truck and becoming an owner driver with your very own tractor unit. There are plenty of jobs to confirm before even…

MAN Truck & Bus UK Ltd have just sold their 150,000th vehicle in the UK. The truck, a special build TGX Individual Lion S Tractor, will be operated by family-owned Gateshead based Templeman Retailing & Vending Ltd. Upon hearing that his new truck was the 150,000th MAN vehicle sold in the UK, Neil Templeman, Company…

Family-owned Billericay based haulier Hammond Transport has recently taken delivery of a new fleet flagship, a new MAN 26.510 TGX 6×2 tractor with MAN’s OptiView mirror-replacement system and the top of the range GX cab. Cameras Better than Mirrors? Already proving a huge hit with the driver, the OptiView system replaces all conventional mirror arms…

Family-owned Milton Keynes based T Christie & Son Transport Ltd are so impressed with their New Generation MAN TGX trucks and the efficiencies they deliver that they have just taken delivery of another, this time a special edition Nardo Grey Individual Lion S 26.510. Managed by the father and son partnership, Tony and Paul Christie,…

It’s highly unusual to see a large truck order being made up of new and used trucks. Still, if you need the trucks urgently and current manufacturing issues mean that the lead times are too great, then why not? Late used trucks these days have plenty of life left in them. That’s what flexible truck…

MAN Truck & Bus took the wraps off their new electric TGX tractor unit by showing it being driven for the first time as they prepare for the truck to run through pre-production trials. Due to be launched on the market in 2024, the big news is the truck’s capacity for future megawatt charging. ABB…

Family owned specialist corn and animal feed merchants, H. Walton Ltd of Old Goole in East Yorkshire, has recently taken delivery of their first new New Generation MAN Trucks. The new vehicles, in their traditional H Walton Ltd Brunswick green and gold lettering livery, will work across the business delivering a wide range of bagged…

There’s no FOMO at South Wales Haulier Inter-Haul Pallet Services.  They run an exclusive MAN fleet and are happy that they are not missing out by rejecting other manufacturers. The Pontypridd based transport operation cites outstanding levels of customer service and a long-term trusted partnering relationships with their local MAN dealer, WG Davies, and MAN…