Wednesday, 29 August 2007

Renault Maxity

Renault Trucks enjoys a unique market position in the delivery and self-employed sectors. Its know-how is a result of its long experience and an ability to listen carefully to the needs of the professionals from the road transport sector. Maxity is a proper truck whose exterior design features the expressive profile characteristic of the Renault Trucks family. Its styling is modern and resolutely European. Benefiting from Renault Trucks' extensive HGV experience, Renault Maxity relies on a cab-over-engine concept to provide an innovative and efficient solution to the demand for an LCV combining maximum compactness with maximum body length. Superb comfort and functionality in the cab combined with an excellent driving position and good all round visibility. Manoeuvrability, compactness and optimised payload are the winning features of this new vehicle offering its owners great operational cost savings.

The Maxity is available as a 3.5-tonner in Renault’s UK line-up and comes in a wide range of body lengths ranging from 2.65m to 4.96m and has a 1,820kg body + payload carrying capacity. The new Maxity is powered by a choice of 2.5 or 3.0-litre diesel engine, with power offerings of 110, 130 and 150hp. Two gearboxes are available for the Maxity, providing five or six speeds according to engine and applications. The six speed gearbox offers enhanced driving comfort with its unique short first gear, maintaining mobility even when travelling slowly as well as high torque at low engine speeds and lower fuel consumption. All-disc braking features ABS and EBD (electronic brake distribution) as standard. Also fitted as standard is EHS (easy hill start). This system allows the vehicle to be started on gradients without rolling backwards or using the parking brake. It also eliminates the need to constantly apply pressure to the brake pedal while waiting at traffic lights or in traffic jams.


Maxity’s surprisingly roomy cab offers a functional driving area boasting comfort close to that of a passenger car. The driving position gives full visibility to the easily-accessed controls and indicators. There are plenty of storage areas provided, including a refrigerated compartment, storage space under the roof, document holders, lockable glove box, and more. Both the driver and passenger seats are adjustable, offering superior comfort and flexibility in use. The modern upholstery design and colour adds a further touch of quality and durability. On-board comfort is further enhanced by the individual lighting and ventilation, including four air ducts on the dashboard. The steering column is reach and rake adjustable. The Maxity excels in urban environments with an extremely tight turning circle of 4.8m, this is a very compact and easily manoeuvrable truck, and copes well with narrow lanes and busy urban streets and allows you to easily access the most congested areas, to serve customers beyond the reach of larger vehicles. This is an impressive little truck together with its versatility and ease of operation, will appeal to a wide range of operators in the express delivery and sameday courier industry.