Torsus and MAN Truck & Bus extend cooperation20 October 2023

MAN Truck & Bus to manufacture the Torsus Praetorian’s skeleton chassis as part of an extended collaboration.

Torsus has worked with Man Trucks & Bus since 2017 to develop the Praetorian off-road bus.

Each Praetorian skeleton is produced at MAN Truck & Bus’ 300,000 square-metre manufacturing facility.

MAN Truck & Bus use protective gases during the precision welding process of the Praetorian’s skeleton, before it undergoes cataphoretic painting for protection against corrosion, then varnishing, and finishing with a final coat of paint. It then heads to Torsus’s factory in Horné Srnie, Slovakia, for final assembly.

Designed to transport up to 35 people and their equipment safely across the world's harshest environments, the Praetorian is a 10-tonne 4x4 off-road bus based on an upgraded, heavy-duty MAN TGM chassis. It is powered by a 6.9L six-cylinder MAN diesel engine with 286bhp and 1,150Nm of torque, as well as a heavy-duty 4x4 off-road transmission – sufficient for the bus to climb a 65% incline.

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