Much of the technology of Korean buses comes from Japan, while other models come mostly from the West, led by the United States. The trucks that introduce Korea are still cut from Daewoo Motors, which used to be a chaebol in South Korea and now belongs to the Indian Tata Group. Today's protagonist is a 2017 Daewoo Novus dump truck, a 12-wheel truck with a front four and eight rear eight layout.
We said daewoo's bumpy experience before, but in fact, it didn't get much better after that. Due to the impact of the financial crisis in 1997, Daewoo Group was forced into bankruptcy and liquidation in 1999 due to insolvency, and in 2000, Daewoo Automobile declared bankruptcy. After that, Daewoo Automobile was tragically split, and the passenger car part was acquired by the Us general motors, while the commercial vehicle part was taken down by the Indian Tata Group. In 2004, Daewoo Commercial Vehicle was renamed "Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle", in addition to hanging the local tower logo in India, the external market still uses the Daewoo logo.
Tata Daewoo's new model comes with an Indian style
Daewoo produced a new medium- and heavy-duty truck in 1995, and at this time, Daewoo trucks had a strong Japanese style, especially similar to Hino trucks. But after working with GM of the United States, there are some Western elements, and our protagonist today is the product under this condition, which belongs to the Novus series launched in 2004, which includes flatbed transporters, short-distance transfer vehicles, concrete mixer trucks, dump trucks, tractors and so on.
The flat-roof roof has a warning light on each side of the roof, which should be installed by the owner himself. In front of it is a large monomer front windshield with a sunshade above and a wiper with a large swing arm at the bottom of the side below. There is an auxiliary boarding armrest on the right side of each of the two wipers, and the Daewoo logo "DAEWOO" is in the middle below. The middle of the inverted trapezoidal black horizontal striped intake grille, the middle of the intake grille is Daewoo's petal car logo.
There is a set of square headlights on each side of the bottom of the grille, and the Japanese style of this design is obvious. The protruding bottom bumper is combined with the chassis skid plate to create a bow shape. The cutout sections on both sides of the bumper can be used as auxiliary boarding pedals, and the trailer hooks are hidden on the inside.
2018 Daewoo Novus dump truck
After the Indian Tata took over, although the overall vehicle still maintained the Japanese style, the shadow of India can still be seen in some details. The angular square cab is different from the Japanese system, although the Japanese system is also square but not so sharp. The spiked shape on the edge of the front grille is also one, and stereotypical Japanese cars will not be designed in this way. The front face of the 2018 Daewoo Novus vehicle has been adjusted, which is similar to the mainstream design style and more like Hino.
The doors on both sides have long, erect windows, the same design as the Nissan Bus co-pilot's side windows previously introduced, but the car has them on both sides. The U-arm of the left driver's mirror is mounted directly on the door window and is equipped with a small window at the rear that can be lifted and opened. In addition, the sealed windows at the back of the doors are "L" shaped, and the sealed windows are topped with boarding armrests, which are placed here to facilitate access to the compartment rather than the cab.
The right rearview mirror of the front of the car adopts a triangular bracket from the roof to the front right of the front, and the bracket has a right rearview mirror, a right side mirror and a front mirror. The bottom of the doors on both sides bears the logos "Cummins" and "415PS", and the two-stage boarding pedal is non-slip but not hollowed out.
The car is powered by a 6-cylinder ISME420 Cummins diesel engine with a maximum power of 415 horsepower, which we have seen at the bottom of the door before. The series can also be optionally equipped with a Doosan engine from South Korea, paired with zfour or Allison transmissions. The air filter system is located on the left side of the rear cab, and the flat design is more space-saving.
The cab is a typical Japanese design style, and there is a partition between the main and co-pilots that is inconvenient to move around. The vehicle uses a two-spoke steering wheel, and the front dashboard is a double large watch design. The center console on the main driving side is semi-enclosed, the door has an electronically controlled window, and the vertical window seen on the outside actually has only a small OK window on the inside.
The raised gear handle is easy to maneuver
OK window view from inside the car
In-car insurance and inconvenient sinks
The sleepers are not spacious
The fuel tank is protected by a fence on the right side of the frame, with batteries and aftertreatment systems on the left. The traditional side beam frame and I-beam adopt multi-plate leaf spring suspension at the front and rear, and are equipped with ABS, ASR, FCW and other systems.
The car was sold as a used car in Manila and is equipped with a dump case that is 6400mm long, 2438mm wide and 1828mm high. After reading what you want to say, or want to know which brand models, welcome to leave a message to tell me.