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The trucks will all be equipped with cruise control, air conditioning and power steering No airbags for now, but the antiskid brakes are standard and Ateco said taxis all join the EEC standard 29 security Foton cabin now offer a full line of trucks, with two different engine options, two Cummins Foton Aumark was introduced in Australia in 2010, but sales were slow Ateco says he will throw a lot more strength marketing behind Foton Ateco is yet to finalize the new list of Foton dealers, describing it as a work in progress, but says it will be an adequate national coverage, including Western Australia.
One of the biggest players in China truck means business this time and is backed by Ateco Automotive imports giant, the company that brings Great Wall utes in Australia Foton now offer a full line of trucks, with two options various engine, two Cummins.
The Foton Aumark was introduced in Australia in 2010 and was brought by Trans, the same company that imports Western Star, MAN trucks and Dennis Eagle.
Sales were slow and when Foton took its time developing a Euro 5 model Trans moved away Ateco says he will throw a lot more marketing force behind Foton, which launched this week in Brisbane Truck Show.
There will be three trucks available from the start, the 4500 kg entry-truck that can be driven on a car license, a model 6500 kg to a model 8500 kg at short, medium and long wheelbases are available and customers can choose from a wide or narrow cabin cabin.
Ateco is not ready to complete the payload numbers, but said that these trucks are much lighter allowing them to carry more these trucks went on a bit of a diet so there is improvement in the load useful compared to the previous and current Aumark trucks JAC, Foton said CEO Andrei Zaitzev.
He said much of the weight reduction can be attributed to different types of steels used Foton Cummins engines offer two Aumark for the two six-cylinder and two China-made in a factory Foton Cummins Unit of entry level is a 2 8 -litre with 110kW and 360 Nm, so that 3 8 liters engine generates 115kW and 500Nm.
Both use selective catalytic reduction, which Played exhaust treatment fluid AdBlue The owners will not need to have the engine serviced by Cummins, as is the case with large trucks, thanks to an agreement with Ateco.
It is essential that Cummins came on board, Zaitzev said we need dealers to be able to repair the truck while for customers to know that they can simply take the truck to a place Ateco decided to avoid Chinese internal transmissions, opting for two manual gearboxes ZF one of which is imported from Europe.
There is no fully automatic or automatic manual option for now, but Ateco wants to offer a self-shifter given the growing demand for Ateco was not prepared to detail how many photons will cost at the time of the writing, but warns potential clients that they expect prices shouldn t lower.
They will not be cheap, but they represent good value for money, is how to put Zaitzev with reliability problems may be in the minds of potential customers, Ateco plans to offer a program of roadside assistance 24 hours with each truck.
The trucks will all be equipped with cruise control, air conditioning and power steering No airbags for now, but the antiskid brakes are standard and Ateco says cabins all adhere to the safety standard cabin 29 ECE.
Ateco is yet to finalize the new list of Foton dealers, describing it as a work in progress, but says it will be an adequate national coverage, including Western Australia.
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