MAN TGX Truck News ( 36)

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…

Not the first manufacturer to undertake a grand tour for their electrically owered trucks, MAN have revealed their Polarexpress initiative; a battery-powered eTGX semitrailer truck, has set off on a 3000 kilometre tour from the Arctic Circle to Munich. It is not only demonstrating its impressive range, even in icy temperatures. At the same time,…

Already marketing lighter weight trucks, MAN Truck & Bus is now starting to deliver its fully electric heavy-duty trucks. In Leipzig, the very first 40-tonne truck was handed over to automotive supplier DRÄXLMAIER Group. The company will use the MAN eTGX to transport batteries for the Porsche Macan Electric to the Porsche plant in Leipzig,…

MAN have claimed some fuel efficiency improvements for the model year 2025 of their MAN truck lineup with the D30 drivetrain. Revealed at this year’s IAA show in Germany, the claimed savings stem from engine and aerodynamic changes and could mean savings for operators travelling in Germany and Denmark as they will qualify for green…

Here’s an impressive (and fun) heavy haulage job – moving a 350 tonne submarine by road over a period of 19 days. Even the professionals at Kübler Schwertransporte don’t have a transport job like this every day. They are currently moving around 500 tonnes (approx. 350 tonnes of submarine and approx. 150 tonnes of low-loader)…

MAN has started to call customers of trucks with Euro 6c engines, built between 2016 and 2019 (types D2676LF51-53 or D2676LOH35-37), to have their vehicles checked at a MAN dealership. Later engines are not affected. These engines were fitted to the TGX and TGS models. This is not the first time that MAN’s D26 has…

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…

They are not quite putting the closed sign above the sales office for MAN’s new eTruck, as their new electric truck factory comes online in 2025.  Until then, the company has no more of their eTruck to sell after the first limited edition models of the new MAN eTruck for 2024 are already sold out,…

From today you can order yourself a brand-new, heavy-duty electric MAN eTruck. There seems to be takers for the truck already, as the company tell us that they have already received 600 order inquiries. Sounds like you will have missed the deadline for delivery in 2024, however. Whilst the first 200 units are scheduled to…

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…

The MAN team in Munich have been busy.  They have put together a series of new technology aimed at safety and fuel improvements across their range.  Available immediately is the new suite of tech aimed at improving the life of the driver and other road users. At the top of the safety list is a…

With a fleet now approaching 50 trucks, Pallet Plus of Colchester has recently added 11 New MAN Trucks. The new fleet additions come in the form of one 12-tonne TGL, seven 18-tonne TGM, one 26-tonne TGS rigids and two TGX 44-tonne 6×2 tractors.  Liveried in the traditional Pallet Plus colours of red with white writing…

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…