Dry goods： What do the numbers and letters on the truck body stand for？
How can I get the information of a truck I don’t know quickly? Domestic off-brand trucks usually stick various LOGOs on the body, including LOGO, model, horsepower, etc. It is a quick and effective way to obtain basic information from various logos pasted on the body. You can know what brand this is through logo, and you can know the name of the model through the model logo. Then you can use search engine to learn more about this model.
Logo, on the other hand, is also a way for manufacturers to publicize the characteristics of their vehicles. For example, a "4.9s" is marked on the rear of a hybrid vehicle to tell everyone that the acceleration time of this vehicle from 0 to 100 km/h is only 4.9 seconds. Different from passenger cars, trucks have more and more complicated signs, but there are also rules to follow.
Logo of BYD Hybrid Vehicle
Common way 1: Tonnage+horsepower
The seven mainstream truck brands in Europe are led by Mercedes-Benz trucks, and they like to use the sign "Tonnage+Horsepower" to stick on the door. The nameplate consists of four digits in total, the first two digits represent the total mass of the vehicle design (unit: ton), and the last two digits multiplied by 10 are equal to the maximum output horsepower of the engine. Take 2644, the main model sold in China, as an example, with a total design mass of 26 tons and a maximum output power of 440 HP. 2648, 3360, 1841, etc. are all the same.
Common body logo of Mercedes-Benz truck
Baotou Beiben Heavy Truck Co., Ltd. signed a cooperation agreement with Mercedes-Benz truck in the 1980s, and introduced a series of products. In terms of product naming, the Beiben model also continued the way of Mercedes-Benz truck, so don’t be surprised to see the same standard method as Mercedes-Benz on the Beiben truck.
Common body logo of Beiben truck
At present, Foton Motor, which cooperates with Daimler Group, has an EST super truck based on construction. Recently, it has been listed in China and started to use the same signboard form as Mercedes-Benz trucks. For example, the original 430-horsepower model only marked "430" on the door, and now it has been replaced with "2543".
MAN truck company, which is also a German brand, also adopts the standard method of "tonnage+horsepower", which is more intuitive than Mercedes-Benz’s 4-digit standard method. MAN uses the 5-digit standard method, in which the first 2 digits are the total design mass of the vehicle, and the last 3 digits are the maximum output horsepower of the engine, and the model name will be added at the front, usually three English letters. For example, MAN recently promoted 28.480 in China, TGX is MAN’s flagship model, 28 indicates that the total vehicle mass is designed for 28 tons, and 480 indicates the maximum output power of the engine.
Common body logo of Mann truck in Germany
It is not unreasonable for Italy to be dubbed Italy’s Italian-made medium-sized car. Although the standard method is tonnage+horsepower, people who don’t know it will be puzzled to interpret it according to the convention of Mercedes-Benz, because Iveco’s standard method is very confusing. For example, a Eurocargo is marked with "150E28" next to it, and many people will subconsciously think that this car is 150 horsepower with a total design weight of 28 tons. On the contrary, "150" means that the total design mass is 15 tons and the maximum output power of the engine is 280 horsepower. The latest Eurocargo has changed a new standard method, which is also composed of five digits. The first two digits indicate tonnage, and the last three digits indicate horsepower. "75-190" means 7.5 tons and 190 horsepower. Iveco’s flagship heavy truck is relatively simple and rude, and it is directly labeled as "model+horsepower", which belongs to another classification.
Body logo of Iveco truck in Italy
A few simple numbers can convey the information of vehicle tonnage, horsepower and even vehicle type. The marking method of "tonnage+horsepower" is very intuitive and effective. Experienced people can roughly guess the vehicle type and service conditions from this marking information, such as Mercedes-Benz 2648, which must be a three-axle vehicle with a total weight of 26 tons. This tonnage level with a 480 horsepower engine is more suitable for high-speed logistics conditions. If Mercedes-Benz 3360 is used, if it is a 33-ton tractor with 600 horsepower, then it is no accident that it must be designed for heavy-duty conditions, so it needs such a large tonnage and horsepower. MAN and Iveco are the same, and I have to admire the person who came up with this method at that time.
Common way 2: model+horsepower
At present, it is the most widely used method to use the model (car series)+horsepower standard method. European manufacturers think that this method is used in all series of models, and the logo consists of one letter plus three digits. The name of Scania car series is relatively simple, which is P/G/R/S series from bottom to top. The car logo is one letter, and the last three digits indicate the maximum horsepower of the engine. Take chestnuts as an example. G480 means that this car uses a series of cabs with a maximum power of 480 HP. The same is true for other series.
Body logo of Scania truck
Like Scania, there are French trucks. Now Renault’s latest trucks are divided into models with a single letter, including T-series, C-series, K-series and other models, corresponding to different levels and working conditions. The logo is also composed of car name+horsepower. The "T" of the 2015 international truck Renault T520 represents the model, and "520" means that the car is 520 horsepower.
Renault truck
Domestic cars basically use this standard method. The eldest son of the Republic marked "J6P-460" on the door to indicate that the model name is, the engine output is 460 horsepower; There are also domestic mainstream models such as U480,540, Shaanxi Automobile X3000 480 and Hongyan Jieshi C100 480, all of which are of this kind.
Body logo of Jiefang truck
This widely used identification method has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that it is intuitive to know the name of the vehicle and the power of the engine, but the disadvantage is that it is impossible to infer the working condition of the vehicle from the name. Therefore, domestic manufacturers will now attach labels such as "Pilot Edition", "Sailing Edition", "Composite Edition", "Lightweight Edition" and "Smooth Edition" to the body surface to further refine the vehicle classification. If you think that this can satisfy the "show off" psychology of manufacturers, it is naive, and then read on.
Common way 3: technical identification cannot be less.
We can often see various labels such as "VVTI", "TFSI" and "1.5T" on passenger cars. These are the places where manufacturers are not or not good enough to flaunt their cars with other brands, which can be understood as a show off. For example, Toyota’s VVTI variable valve technology is a Toyota patent, and other manufacturers can’t flaunt themselves like this, so Toyota can use this as a selling point. The same is true for truck manufacturers, on the one hand, to show more information, on the other hand, to show off. Among them, the engine logo is the most common, and both domestic and foreign car companies play this set.
Starting from Mercedes-Benz, "BlueTec" can be found on passenger cars and trucks. It is the name of a diesel engine exhaust aftertreatment system originally created by Mercedes-Benz. This aftertreatment technology can effectively reduce particulates and effectively reduce the emission of nitrogen oxides. It is one of the cleanest diesel engine technologies in the world. Is Mercedes-Benz a naked show?
Technical signs on Mercedes-Benz trucks
Another model of Mercedes-Benz truck with engine will put a "V8" logo on the front of the car to tell the onlookers that this is a car with V8 engine. European manufacturers MAN and Scania also have this practice, and will add the V8 logo as an honor to the car. But now, with the emission escalation, only Scania has retained the V8 engine with Euro 6 emission, and the gold content of the V8 logo is even more sufficient in Ouka.
Technical signs on Scania trucks
Even if there is no V8 engine, as long as the engine technology is advanced enough, it can be pasted on the car as a show-off capital. MAN in Germany has an engine with Euro-6 emission. The engine model starts with "D38". This D38 engine has excellent performance, and all indicators can kill competitors, both in fuel economy and power. Therefore, MAN will put a "D38" logo on the model equipped with D38 engine to let you know that this is a car equipped with D38 engine.
Technical signs on MAN trucks in Germany
Similarly, domestic manufacturers have done a lot, and there are two brands of DCI engines with Renault technology to choose from. In order to highlight DCI engines, all cars equipped with DCI engines will add a "DCI" logo before the horsepower logo, while machines equipped with Dongfeng Cummins do not have this treatment. The same is true for United trucks. Models equipped with flagship engine series will stick a "6K inside" on the door to indicate that the "heart" of this car is 6K.
Common body logo of Dongfeng Tianlong
It sounds incredible to make a car system specially for an engine, but in fact there are quite a few. Up to now, it is the king of horsepower of European trucks. A 16-liter inline 6-cylinder engine has made a maximum output of 750 horsepower, which is enough to be proud of. For this reason, a truck is specially added on the basis of "".The front face of the vehicle is different from other FH colors, and the surface of the car body also has a special logo.
750 horsepower model
Ou Man, a domestic manufacturer, is playing this game the most. A Ou Man GTL model with an ISG engine is called "Edition", and a big "ISG" logo is attached to the side of the car body; Ou Man GTL with Mercedes-Benz OM457 engine is called "Mercedes-Benz Edition", and there is a corresponding logo on the body. Because there are many engines available for Foton models, in order to better distinguish the engine brands, there is a letter behind the horsepower logo to represent the engine brands. For example, "490 G" means the maximum output power of the engine is 490 HP, the engine is Cummins ISG, the letter "W" means, and "B" means Mercedes-Benz power.
Body logo of GTL truck in Ou Man
Standard torque
Finally, I want to talk about a very distinctive logo type. Recently, Dongfeng Tianlong flagship has put on a new logo method, changing the horsepower standard method used in the past and replacing it with 4 digits plus engine displacement. These four figures can make many people blindsided and completely unable to understand what they mean.
The latest body logo adopted by Tianlong flagship
"2330" and "13L", which is easy to understand, represent the engine displacement of 13L, because there are not many domestic models that can assemble 13L engines now, and most of the so-called 13L engines have a displacement of more than 12L, and only Dongfeng Cummins ISZ 13 has a real domestic displacement of 13L, so it is so proud to stick "13L" on the car body. The meaning of "2330" doesn’t matter, it represents the maximum torque output value of the engine, and other manufacturers mark the engine power. It is also the first time for Dongfeng to mark the torque, which is a precedent. The purpose of doing this is to show that the engine torque is large, the vehicle power is strong, and the starting point is very good. It is not known how the actual publicity effect is.
Privately, this practice is more like manufacturers "entertaining themselves." There are two reasons. The first is that the practice of marking torque seems intuitive. In fact, it is difficult for the bottom users to quantify this value, and they have no idea about it. They are used to the marking method of horsepower and suddenly have a torque, and they can’t understand how much horsepower this is. It’s like everyone says that he is xx meters tall, and suddenly someone says that he is xx feet tall, which makes it impossible to judge the height of his birth immediately according to his own experience. The second is that the labeling form is too counterintuitive, and almost no one can guess what these four numbers mean. The combination of tonnage and horsepower of Mercedes-Benz is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and will be interpreted in the form of Mercedes-Benz.
To sum up all the models, there must be a key message-horsepower value no matter how the logo rules of different brands and models change. In the final analysis, a truck is a means of transportation, and the most basic and key indicator is the strength of power. Only when the power is strong enough can it carry goods. Basically, all truck engines are diesel engines and turbocharged, which are standard configurations, so there is no need to mark these as selling points like passenger cars. An engine will have several different output power adjustments, and with different engine types, the optional horsepower range will be particularly rich. At this time, marking the horsepower value on the body can reflect the power strength of the vehicle relatively intuitively.
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