MAN is to launch updated versions of both its TGM and TGL medium and lightweight trucks at this year's IAA Show in Hannover. Revisions to both ranges - which were launched jointly three years ago - include enlarged interior storage space, and improved, temperature-controlled drivers' seats, and what MAN calls "improved ergonomics".
Externally, both TGL and TGM get a smoothed-over front grille, giving them a closer family resemblance
to the larger TGX and TGS models, a feature that, claims MAN, will reduce both drag effect and interior wind noise.
Both model ranges are powered by MAN's D08 engine, which will be supplied in Euro-5 guise, and which relies solely upon EGR in order to comply with the emissions legislation due in October 2009. Significantly, though, MAN will also offer EEV-certified versions across the entire TGL and TGM range.
EEV status is achieved by the fitting of a PM-KAT, and there are a number of as-yet-unconfirmed rumours that some European governments - most notably Germany - may offer an incentive for operators who opt for EEV-certified vehicles rather than the base level Euro-5. Also likely to be incentivised in Germany are the vehicles' optional safety features, which include ESP.
MAN will exhibit a hybridised version of the TGL at this year's Hannover Show, but its current oncost - around €20,000 - means that there is, according to MAN technical chief Karl-Viktor
Schaller, no business case for them as yet.
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