Ipswich-based hydraulic hose breakdown service, UK Hose, has taken delivery of 12 new MAN TGE LION XC vans which its engineers will use to travel the country, servicing, supporting, and repairing customers’ vehicles, plant and equipment.
The new vehicles – based on the TGE 3.180, standard wheelbase,front-wheel drive model – are all powered by the latest generation 180 bhp, 4-cylinder, BiTurbo EU6e, 2.0-litre diesel engine, matched to the optional 8-speed automatic transmission.
Built to TGE XC specification and enhanced to help maximise driver comfort, each of the vehicles comes equipped with ergonomic multi-function steering wheel with rake and reach adjustment, as well as 10.4-inch touchscreen and sat-nav.
There is also an electronic parking brake, overhead storage compartments, climatic air conditioning and electrically heated and adjusted mirrors.
All come with emergency brake assist (EBA), anti-lock braking system (ABS), electronic stability control (ESC), cross wind assist, hill start assist, active lane keeping system, driver alert, driver and passenger airbag, engine immobiliser, engine start-stop, remote central locking and cruise control.
To further help maximise both visibility and security, the vehicles are all specified with rear view cameras.
All 12 of the vans were PDI’d and prepared by MAN Truck & Bus UK’s franchised partner Norfolk Trucks in Felixstowe.
Matt Gissing, CEO UK Hose, said: “As our vehicles travel across the country, covering circa 30,000 miles annually, it’s imperative that we have the support of mature, trusted and customer focussed partners, and with MAN, MAN FinancialServices and our local MAN dealership we feel that we have exactly that.”
