Renault Magnum

Renault Magnum 2010-2013

The Renault Magnum introduced under the name Renault Magnum AE ( the AE is later omitted) is a produced from 1990 to 2013 truck series by the French manufacturer Renault Trucks. The model appeared in 1990 as the heaviest truck series from the French manufacturer. So you went to the succession of the Renault R - series, which was however offered or parallel until publication of the lighter model Renault Premium 1996. The Renault T -Truck was the successor model was first presented on June 11, 2013 in Lyon.

Model history

The Renault Magnum pursued an entirely new concept in the European truck construction. The cab was spatially completely separated from the engine room and was given a flat bottom, in the beginning stood no engine tunnel. The separation also noise and vibration to the occupants were substantially attenuated. Even the look of the cab was fully distinct from the rest of the vehicle. The semi truck received a standard chassis panel that was everywhere optionally available with other manufacturers. Was also unusual that the rise not as usually done in the for that time very high boy house behind the front axle and in front of it. Also the Magnum received from the factory electric blinds on the windows. Due to its extreme cuboid shape and the high pulley and had the vehicle acts very powerfully.

The engine originally started out at 287 kW. In the meantime, the power levels were 294, 324 and 353 kW, later only 338 and 368 kW were available. Recently there were three power levels with 323, 353 and 382 kW in the program. The engine series DXi13 came from Volvo, they shared the Magnum with the contemporary version of the Volvo FH from today's parent company, Renault Trucks, Volvo Trucks. All engines were inline six- cylinder diesel engines, the engine capacity stood at 12.8 l

The overall concept of the vehicle remained unique in the market, but other manufacturers offered in the following years also enlarged and elevated cabs with partially comparable or even greater headroom and flat ground to.

In 1991, the then Renault AE was voted " Truck of the Year ". In 1998, the designation AE fell off, since was the make only Renault Magnum. Larger facelifts and facelifts were performed in the years 1998, 2002 and 2010, respectively, the interior of the cab has been completely redesigned.

Standard possessed the vehicles over a 16- speed transmission from ZF, an optional automatic transmission was available. Widely distributed of the Renault Magnum, especially in his native France and on the Iberian Peninsula.