What does TGA mean for trucks?
With commercial vehicles you will sometimes find the designation TGA. However, this gives you little information about which type it is exactly. There are some funny names for what the abbreviation means for trucks, but the real explanation is quite banal.
What TGA means for commercial vehicles
- The abbreviation TGA is a collective name of the MAN company that was used from 2000 to 2007. It stands for Truck Generation A and was used for heavy trucks of various designs. The name should indicate a new generation of commercial vehicles. Accordingly, there was the designation TGM for medium-duty trucks.
- The vehicles of the TGA class were available in different sizes M, L, LX, XL and XXL. These related in part to the width and height of the driver's cab. The models always had a permissible total weight of over 18 t. The equipment and width of the cab depended on the planned use, large cabs were required for long-distance transport.
- The models were available in different versions, for example as a tipper, with tarpaulin, suitcase, tank or flatbed. There was also a version with a low chassis (low entry) that was used in garbage collection.
- From 2007 the TGA series was replaced by the TGX and TGS series. The TGX versions were intended for long-distance transport, i.e. with an emphasis on comfortable cabins, while the TGS version was designed for local transport.
This should make it clear what the truck abbreviation means.
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Other interpretations of the abbreviation for the truck
Since truck drivers live almost in the vehicles, especially in long-distance transport, they have developed a special relationship with the trucks. Such abbreviations are often very deliberately misinterpreted. Usually there are often heated discussions about which brands are good and which are bad. It has more to do with belief than reasoning.
- Proponents of the view that the car only begins with the Mercedes therefore claim that TGA means "swap for Actros".
- But there are also MAN trailers for which the letters mean "great big car".
Certainly an original idea to explain what TGA means. In reality, the letters simply stand for large MAN trucks from the years 2000 to 2007 and have no deeper meaning.
