Renault to combine Premium and Magnum By Will Shiers RENAULT
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WILL replace both the Premium and Magnum with a single cab when it launches its new truck range in June, consign ing both model names to history.
Heavily disguised versions of the truck, which have been on trial with selected hauliers for the past year, feature an all-new cab. While it may share a few hidden components with the new FH cab, the structure is entirely different. One of its most striking features is a raked windscreen, with A-pillars set at 12 degrees.
CM has been reliably informed that although only one cab width will be available, there will be at least four roof heights and at least one model will feature a flat floor.
But while the Lyondesigned cabs are new and exclusive to Renault, the running gear will be shared with Volvo. Powering the heavy truck range are the DTI 11 and DTI 13 11and 13-litre Euro-6 engines (CM 27 September 2012), which are the same as Volvo's D11K and D13K in all but power ratings. The Euro-6 strategy is identical, using mild, uncooled EGR plus lots of SCR.
AdBlue consumption will be around the 6% mark, while fuel consumption will be better than the Euro-5 range.
Renault said the trucks have been in development for the past seven years, and 300 test vehicles have clocked up 10 million kms of testing.
The company is confident that the new trucks will be more reliable and have improved residual values than the current range.