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UD Trucks adds two new ranges to family
Quester extra heavy and Kuzer light heavy expand the southern Africa line-up
UD Trucks Southern Africa has added two new truck ranges to its local product line-up. This includes eight new Quester derivatives in the extra heavy truck segment, as well as the Kuzer light heavy commercial truck. The new Quester range will be assembled from Completely Knocked Down (CKD) kits at its local plant in Rosslyn, Pretoria. Kuzer will initially be available as Completely Built-Up (CBU) units but will be moved to local CKD assembly at a later stage. The new Quester additions take UD Trucks’ Quester offering to 18 models. The versatile new Quester is targeted at a variety of fleet operators; from long-haul transport to mining, inter-regional and construction. The Quester also introduces key new features such as an Escot automated manual transmission, air-suspended cabs, higher powered engines, a retarder, electrical cab tilt and user-friendly telematics. The new Quester is up to 10% more fuel efficient than the current Quester with the 12-speed Escot automated manual trans...
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