The MAN CLA (Cargo Line Asia) is a medium and heavy-duty truck manufactured by

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based truck manufacturer owned by

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group. The CLA was manufactured by MAN Truck & Bus India under the joint venture MAN Force Trucks Pvt. Ltd, owned by MAN SE and

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, a

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based automotive group. The CLA is based on the MAN LE series, the production of the truck started in 2007 in India and was exported to other Asian counties as a CKD unit.

History

The truck was developed specifically for the developing markets of Asia as a joint venture between MAN SE and Force motors at

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Plant. CLA had a cab design derived from the global model LE2000/LE series and powered by a MAN D0836 common rail engine capable of outputs from 220 to 300hp, supported by a six and nine speed ZF

manual transmission A manual transmission (MT), also known as manual gearbox, standard transmission (in Canadian English, Canada, British English, the United Kingdom and American English, the United States), or stick shift (in the United States), is a multi-speed ...

. The truck was available in 20 plus variants including rigid trucks, tippers and

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in 4x2 and 6x4 configurations with MAN AP

axles An axle or axletree is a central shaft for a rotating wheel or gear. On wheeled vehicles, the axle may be fixed to the wheels, rotating with them, or fixed to the vehicle, with the wheels rotating around the axle. In the former case, bearin ...

and

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hypoid axles for heavy-duty units.

References

* CLA Vehicles introduced in 2007 {{truck-stub