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MAI\l's 26-tonne six-wheeler is popular with operators for its impressive payload potential and rugged driveline. But the compact cab that aids site access won't help them retain drivers.
For most of us. our first sight of MAN's purpose built M2000 six-wheeler was at the last RHATipCon exhibition held in Manchester in 1999. Before then MAN in the UK had converted high powered 4x2 rigjds to fill the gap in its product range at 26 tonnes. Available either as a tag-axle 6x2 or a 6x4, it has a wide appeal with distribution, tanker, mixer or tipper bodywork. Coincidentally, as it was later to transpire, it used the same small steel MAN day cab that ERF was using on some of its range. Sales built steadily to 2001 when they peaked at just over 9% of the market, only to drop away to half of that last year.
It looked the part with its six-cylinder EDC 6.9-litre turbocharged engine rated at 280hp at 2,400rpm. But what was more impressive was the engine's steep power curve that achieved almost 95% of maximum power by 1,800rpm. It had the torque to match with 1.100Nm