Truck & Driver UK – September 2019

RENAULT RANGE T HIGH 520

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Paul appreciates the T High 520’s cab space, good driver visibility and low noise levels

The T High has already found favour with drivers

Many highs, few lows

After the relative success

of its high-cab, flat-floor

Magnum, Renault has really

upped its game with the new

Range T. Sitting up in the

T High really does give the

driver command of the road,

thanks to superb visibility

boosted by the high cab roof

and, again, a flat floor.

Renault says its DTI 13

engines have the power to

allow operators to reach the

high and constant commercial

speeds required, but at the

same time deliver reduced

fuel consumption and lower

maintenance costs.

The T High models are

available with the DTI 13 Euro

6 engine rated at 440hp, 480hp

and 520hp, while three options

of Opti-Drive 12-speed, three-

reverse-gear transmission can

be had, depending on the size

of engine chosen.

The diesel tank has a

capacity of up to 1475 litres.

Renault’s High sleeper cab

is available as a tractor unit in

4x2 configuration operating

at 18 tonnes, and also as a 6x2

pusher-axle and 6x2 tag-axle

running at 26 tonnes. On top

of that there are also rigid

4x2 and 6x2 versions, again

operating at 18 tonnes and 26

tonnes respectively.

Renault also offers

operators the opportunity

of customising their new T

Range tractor unit both inside

and outside the cab, including

the option of painting the

front grille and mirrors the

colour of choice.

With its unique, sleek

design to also help boost fuel

efficiency and a host of safety

and comfort options, the

new Renault T High model is

certainly making the T Range

more appealing.

Although Renault will

struggle to be a major player

in the UK truck industry, the

new T High is certainly making

haulage companies – and

other truck manufacturers –

sit up and take note.