New Diesel ‘Smart’ Forklift Trucks

Hyundai Material Handling has introduced its new 9V diesel ‘smart’ forklift trucks.The new range boasts a lot of ‘smart’ features, while complying with European Stage V emission levels, and offering best standard warranty in the industry.

In their mission of ‘Moving you Further’, Hyundai’s engineers have aimed for a ground-breaking level of customer satisfaction by delivering maximum fuel efficiency, enhanced productivity, extra safety features, improved uptime, whilst maintaining great driver comfort. These new generation forklifts, ranging from the 2.5 to 3.5 ton lifting capacity (Diesel 9V series), to the 3.5 to 5 ton (Diesel 9VB/VC series) machines, have become a perfect example of this approach. They represent trucks that by far exceed the market requirements by delivering smart features on all important criteria while complying with the European stage V emission levels.

Major topics like fuel efficiency, productivity, safety, convenience and improved uptime are key in this new forklift range. To support these ‘smart’ features, Hyundai Material Handling comes up with the best standard warranty in the industry. In addition to the forklift standard warranty of 2 years/3000 hours, the new Hyundai powertrain benefits from an additional 1000 hours, giving the powertrain a warranty of 2 years/4000 hours.

Commenting on the new diesel forklift trucks series Christopher Thompson, Head of Sales Western Europe for Material Handling, said: “Our new Stage V ‘Packed with Smartness’-range of diesel forklifts demonstrates Hyundai’s commitment to continuous product development in response to the needs of our European customers.

“Our new stage V engines offer significant improvements in fuel efficiency along with easy maintenance, resulting in lower operating costs. However, this is not the end of the story. We also took this opportunity to develop new and enhanced features which have a positive impact on driver comfort, safety and performance. Add to this the best standard warranty in the industry and you know that Hyundai Material Handling is a reliable ‘go to’ partner”.

Christopher Thompson was appointed Head of Sales earlier this year