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As usual, we called on the advice of used vehicle

12th August 2004, Page 47
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ex pert Barry Travis, editor of the Heavy Commercial edition of The Red Book Its a cracking truck," he says. "Good for the driver, superb comfort, seems well put together and it has a good reputation for economy.

"Unfortunately. MAN 's are still perceived negatively in the marketplace by used truck buyers. I don't know why this is so; I can only surmise it goes back to the days of the old five-pot engine and the reliability problems it suffered. It's the only mistake MAN has made in the market, yet it appears to have stuck with them,

We wondered if it might have something to do with the TG-A's early reliability problems. "No, I don't think so," Travis remarks. "MAN ironed those out very quickly and since then the TG-A has been a very good truck. Clearly there's good value there for operators of used TG-As, but at the auctions and in the marketplace in general the TG-A doesn't make the prices I think it should.

"I've noticed an upsurge in interest recently, but I think that's been driven by export orders. The East Europeans seem to love the truck."

According to the CAP guide a three-year-old XL-cabbed 6x2 TG-A with the 410hp engine will set you back £27,750; some 55% of the original purchase price. "They do hold onto their value," says Travis. "But not by as much as, in my opinion, they should."

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