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Mack Australia has announced it will release its most powerful engine, the MP10, from the middle of next year for use in the Titan and Super-Liner models.
This 16-litre unit generates 511kW (685hp) and 3118Nm (2300lb-ft) of torque which should make it the most powerful bonneted truck on sale in Australia. The MP10 is closely related to the 522kW (700hp) 16-litre unit offered by Volvo in the FH, with a different tune. The MP10 is not a new engine and has been on sale in the US since 2008, albeit with less power.
Mack Trucks Australia general manager Dean Bestwick said the company decided to wait until the engine was developed to the point it best-suited Australian customers.
“When we take a product we make sure it is the one we really want,” he says. “We could have taken it early, but this engine is the one that is best suited to what our customers will want to use it for.”
The MP10 bound for Australian-made Macks will run selective catalytic reduction (SCR), using AdBlue exhaust treatment fluid instead of the Exhaust Gas Recirculation system of earlier versions.
Mack now offers SCR solutions across its entire range. Customers can still choose Cummins engines, which run up to 448kW (600hp), for the Titan or the Super-Liner models should they decide not to opt for the potent new Mack powerplant.
The MP10 will be offered with a specially developed mDRIVE 12 speed automated gearbox which has been upgraded to cope with the extra power.
Mack Australia introduced this self shifting transmission with its 2011 range and has been pleasantly surprised by the take-up rate. Only 5 per cent of US Mack customers choose the automated gearbox option, but around 50 per cent of Australian customers of the new trucks have selected it.
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