The Farmers Mart Dec-Jan 2019 - Issue 60 | Page 64
64 MACHINERY
DEC/JAN 2019 • farmers-mart.co.uk
Case IH Maxxum 145 Multicontroller awarded
Tractor of the Year and Best Design title for 2019
PAN-EUROPEAN judging
panel selects top model in
four-cylinder Maxxum line
as TOTY winner / Blend of
compactness, power and
transmission versatility
recognised / Importance to
owners and drivers of oper-
ational ease when working
with complex equipment
acknowledged
The Case IH Maxxum 145
Multicontroller has been
awarded the title of Tractor
of the Year 2019 and Best
Design 2019 at an award
ceremony on the first day
of EIMA International, the
farm equipment show, in
Bologna, Italy.
Launched last year
alongside three smaller
116-135hp (rated) models,
the highlights of the 145hp
Maxxum 145 Multicontroller
include its ActiveDrive 8
eight-step semi-power-
shift transmission and the
Multicontroller armrest and
joystick, attributes recog-
nised by TOTY judges –
professional farm machin-
ery journalists from across
Europe – for aiding ease
of operation and enhanc-
ing efficiency. Maxxum
tractors are also available
with four-step powershift
and continuously-variable
transmissions.
With recent revisions to
the Maxxum range having
given the line a fresh new
look, in a double recogni-
tion the same model has
also won the Best Design
category, recognising the
importance to functional-
ity and form of a modern
tractor’s styling.
The winning formula
Following its introduc-
tion last summer, the new
Case IH Maxxum range,
in its Multicontroller guise
with the new ActiveDrive 8
semi-powershift transmis-
sion, was awarded the pres-
tigious Machine of the Year
title for 2018 at Agritechnica
in Hanover, Germany. Now
the Maxxum 145 Multicon-
troller has added to its med-
al haul by taking the Tractor
of the Year 2019 title, which
is also judged by a panel
of European agricultural
magazine editors.
Complementing the exist-
ing ActiveDrive 4 four-step
semi-powershift and CVX-
Drive continuously-variable
transmissions, the key devel-
opment on the new Maxxum
Multicontroller range is the
ActiveDrive 8 three-range/
eight-step semi-powershift.
The transmission and many
other tractor operating
functions can be controlled
through the Multicontroller
armrest and joystick.
The TOTY award builds on
the Maxxum 145 Multicon-
troller’s previous achieve-
ments, including the lowest
RUSSELL GROUP
average specific fuel con-
sumption recorded in the
Field Work section of the
PowerMix test conducted
by Germany’s DLG testing
station.
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