The UD Quester is a line of heavy-duty commercial vehicle produced by

UD Trucks UD Trucks Corporation (UDトラックス株式会社, ''UD Torakkusu Kabushikigaisha'') is a Japanese company whose principal business is the manufacturing and sales of diesel trucks, buses, bus chassis and special-purpose vehicles. Its headquarte ...

with

Volvo The Volvo Group ( sv, Volvokoncernen; legally Aktiebolaget Volvo, shortened to AB Volvo, stylized as VOLVO) is a Swedish multinational manufacturing corporation headquartered in Gothenburg. While its core activity is the production, distributio ...

Group. It is also related with the new generation of the

UD Quon The UD Quon (kana:UD・クオン) is a heavy-duty commercial vehicle produced by the Japanese manufacturer UD Trucks, a former division of AB Volvo (now Isuzu). Quon was originally developed by Nissan Diesel Corporation with the world first imp ...

series made in Japan.

About

UD Trucks introduced Quester Project with

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estima ...

on August 27, 2013. It is not sold in

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. "The best of three worlds" Concept was adopted. The Quester has two engine options, the 8-litre GH8 or 11-litre GH11E, with either 6 or 9-speed gearbox for the 8-litre engine and 9 or 12-speed gearboxes for the 11-litre engine. The Side Rail Section is made of strong and durable rolling form steel and is available in thickness of 7.0 or 8.0 mm.

Models

* CKE (4x2 Rigid): 21t * CDE (6x2/2 Rigid): 31t * CWE (6x4 Rigid): 34t * UD Trucks GH8 engine

CGE (8x4 Rigid): 41t * CQE (8x2/2 Rigid): 41t * GKE (4x2 Tractor Head): 21t * GDE (6x2/2 Tractor Head): 31t * GWE (6x4 Tractor Head): 34t

History

In 2013, this project was started at Bangkok. In 2017, it was started to sold in Ecuador　etc.

Name

It's named by "quest". In

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

, this model is named as KuTeng (), and is sold by Dongvo. In

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

, this model is sold under Pro 8000 series name by VE Commercial Vehicles Limited's brand Eicher Trucks and Buses. Available in dump truck and tractor configuration, equipped with VEDX8 engine delivering 280-350 hp.

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