The new MAN Truck Generation has scooped one of the major awards for commercial vehicles.
A jury of 24 trade journalists representing commercial vehicle media in Europe announced the MAN TGX as the winner of the 2021 International Truck of the Year (ITOY), citing a multitude of factors including advances in driver comfort, working and living conditions, safety, fuel efficiency, connectivity, operator control, among others.
In a virtual ceremony, Andreas Tostmann, MAN Truck & Bus CEO accepted the award from ITOY President Gianenrico Griffini.
Tostmann said the team at MAN Truck & Bus had been working for more than five years with a single objective in mind.
“To develop the best truck for drivers and our customers and to get it out on the road,” he said.
“This coveted award just goes to show we did it,” said Tostmann.
Jury members have had the opportunity to get to know the new MAN TGX inside out since it was first unveiled in February.
From its launch, the new MAN TGX has been promoted as a new generation vehicle equipped to take as much strain off drivers and contractors as possible in their day-to-day work.
It was designed against a backdrop of increasingly complex challenges such as growing freight volumes and ever stricter Co2 regulations, a growing shortage of drivers and the advancing digitalisation of logistical processes.
As soon as conceptual development work began, MAN set about asking 300 transport companies and 700 drivers for regular feedback on their requirements for the new truck and incorporated this feedback into the design of the new MAN Truck Generation.
The new vehicles, according to MAN Truck & Bus, are even more consistently aligned with these companies’ needs with regard to operational and cost efficiency and offer the driver unique workplace ergonomics, comprehensive safety and a more relaxing environment during rest periods.
Operating efficiency highlighted by the Euro6d driveline has generated reports of 8.2 per cent in fuel savings compared to the previous version thanks in part to the aerodynamic refinement of the cab design and the GPS cruise control system MAN EfficientCruise.
The ITOY jury also recognised the MAN TGX for its high level of safety features and reducing on-road incident exposures to other road users with its radar-based turn assist and lane change support systems, Lane Return Assist and assisted driving in congested traffic.
A higher degree of connectivity has also been achieved through its electronic architecture, which is reportedly the first of its kind in the commercial vehicle sector, and including but not limited to the range of digital services associated with it.
“The new MAN TGX represents a major step forward in terms of driver comfort, fuel efficiency, connectivity and human-machine interface. So there is no doubt why the new MAN TGX was voted Truck of the Year 2021,” said Gianenrico Griffini.
“It is a future-oriented truck that meets the transport needs of today and tomorrow,” he said.
In accordance with the rules of the International Truck of the Year award, the annual award is presented to the truck released in the last 12 months that has made the greatest contribution to the sustainable development of road haulage.
The evaluation criteria are technical innovations and refinements, but also innovation that contributes to overall cost-effectiveness, safety and environmental relief.
