SIXTH sense
The Fendt 900 Series tractor success story started back at Agritechnica 1995, with the 260hp (194kW) Fendt Favorit 926 Vario. Back in the days when we could still travel freely, I was privileged enough to attend Agritechnica 2019, where the new Fendt 900 Series Gen 6 tractor scooped two Tractor Of The Year (TOTY) prizes.
The most notable of these was the much-coveted overall TOTY award and the Fendt team were justifiably pretty chuffed.
WHAT’S NEW?
Testing the first (and only) Gen 6 Fendt 942 in New Zealand was definitely a bit of a treat. The fact that this particular machine is the fully spec’d ‘Black Beauty’ edition added another layer of buzz. It sure turns heads wherever it goes. Agco North Island sales manager Chris Bain had been let loose on the tractor configurator when ordering this machine and opted for an impressive number of bells and whistles.
Two words sum it up: complex and expensive. It’s complex in terms of the engineering that allows it to do the freakish things it does for such
