Pragmatic power

摘要

While there's nothing quite like a fire-breathing flagship tractor for drawing truck show visitors to a manufacturer's stand, those same OEMs freely admit that the volume market for artics continues to sit resolutely between 430-480bhp, and not just in the UK. Right across Europe, sales of 500bhp-plus tractors, though significant, remain in the minority. That hasn't stopped truck makers from vying to build 'the world's most powerful series production truck' in a battle that's already seen the 700bhp/3,000Nm barrier breached by both Volvo and Scania.