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UD TRUCKS LAUNCHES NEW EURO 5 RANGE IN THE REGION New Euro 5 range offers enhanced durability and boosts profitability and includes the Euro 5 Quester and Croner
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D Trucks launched the Euro 5 versions of its popular Quester and Croner trucks in the region for the first time. The new trucks feature significant upgrades to minimise their environmental impact, improve efficiency and uptime, increase profitability, and optimise the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), all without compromising the benefits offered by the previous models. The launch of the new Euro 5 trucks comes ahead of the introduction of new regulations in fast-growing regional countries such as the UAE, which currently has a Euro 4 emission standard, and Qatar, which will be adopting Euro 5 emission 44 | LOGISTICS NEWS ME | DECEMBER 2021
standards by mid-2022. This move by UD Trucks allows businesses to better prepare for the switch to more environmentally friendly fleets, as the Euro 5 range reduces NOx emissions by about 43% compared to Euro 4 and significantly reduces the carbon footprint of the vehicles through cleaner emissions. The official launch event was UD Trucks’ first since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and took place at the Dubai Autodrome. The event, which adhered to all necessary health and safety guidelines, was attended by the Japanese Consul-General in the UAE, Noboru Sekiguchi, as well as some 160 customers from across the region, who were able to experience driving the new trucks first-
hand and were also given a chance to visit Expo 2020. FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS The Quester and Croner come in both automatic and manual transmissions with enhanced safety features. The Quester drives smooth giving the driver a pleasant experience especially on turns and uneven road conditions. The number of advanced features offered on the Quester, one of UD Trucks’ most established, durable, and efficient trucks, has been added along with the latest Euro 5 upgrade. The Quester Euro 5 range, with 460 hp and 2250 Nm torque, also delivers improved fuel economy by about 10 percent, assisted by the ESCOT automated manual transmission feature, a lighter tare weight and optimised driveline. Improvements made to the new Quester also extend to safety, where ESCOT takes away the drivers’ need to shift an average of 1,000-1,500 times a day by automatiWWW.CBNME.COM
