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GENERATIONAL CHANGE

“A safety cell is a unique part of the MAN safety features.”

Hailed as the first newly-developed MAN truck generation (TG) in two decades, Penske Australia and MAN Truck & Bus launched its new range of German-built trucks amid much fanfare at the RACQ Mobility Centre at Mt Cotton near Brisbane in early August.

With its line-up of TGL, TGM, TGS, and TGX trucks on display, the all-new MAN truck generation launch enticed Randall Seymore, executive vice president of global commercial vehicles and power systems at Penske Automotive Group, back to Australia … albeit briefly.

Although mostly static displays, the TGS and TGX trucks with trailers in tow were

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