Class launches largest-ever Lexion combine

摘要

With farmers in central France now well into their wheat harvest, the region provided the ideal location for the launch of Claas' new range of high-output Lexion combines that includes a flagship 790hp 8900 model. Adam Clarke reports.Claas has just won the most recent hand of combine manufacturer Top Trumps after it launched its most powerful Lexion machines yet. The headline-grabbing flagship 8900 is the biggest in the new Lexion range and currently the most powerful combine available to buy. It ispowered by a Stage 5-compliant 16.2-litre MAN D26 engine that can kick out 790hp - about 90hp more than its nearest rival, the New Holland CR10.90.