Top 100: Automatics Deliver Better Shifting

Sept. 28, 2010

Daewoo Mega-V wheel loaderSix models of Daewoo's Mega-V wheel loaders (including an integrated-tool carrier version of the 138-hp 200-V) are being built with fully automatic transmissions, rather than the semi-automatic gearboxes of the previous line. Daewoo diesels power the line from the 2.4-cubic-yard 200-V to the 5-cubic-yard 400-V. Cummins' N14-C puts 335 horsepower in the largest of the line, the 6.3-cubic-yard 500-V. Estimated prices: $125,000 to $350,000.

Six models of Daewoo's Mega-V wheel loaders (including an integrated-tool carrier version of the 138-hp 200-V) are being built with fully automatic transmissions, rather than the semi-automatic gearboxes of the previous line. Daewoo diesels power the line from the 2.4-cubic-yard 200-V to the 5-cubic-yard 400-V. Cummins' N14-C puts 335 horsepower in the largest of the line, the 6.3-cubic-yard 500-V. Estimated prices: $125,000 to $350,000.