UD Quester

The UD Quester is a line of heavy-duty commercial vehicle produced by UD Trucks with Volvo Group. It is also related with the new generation of the Quon series made in Japan.

About
In 2013 truck was the first UD product which was developed for export market which boost the Volvo's strategy to develop product for developing markets especially in Asia and Africa. UD Trucks formerly Nissan Diesel is a part of Volvo Group which gave Volvo steady grounds to develop Quester, a heavy-duty truck for the developing markets. Developed for emerging markets, the truck was manufactured with high power while keeping lower cost.

The truck was powered by a 10.8-litre engine, producing 280hp to 420hp which was being used by Volvo and Renault in other markets with minor tweaks like using unit injectors instead of common-rail, manual gearbox instead of the automatic on Volvo, steel multi-leaf spring instead of the air-suspension and a Euro 3 engine instead of a Euro 6 with payload of 80 tons for the 6x4 tractor. This minor difference brought the cost to lower levels while keeping the same power output.

Lower payload models of the quester had Volvo 7.7 litre engine, which were tweaked variants of the Volvo’s FL/FE and Renault’s D range mid-duty trucks. The production started in Bangkok, Thailand to serve the domestic market and later for export.

Since 2015 in India, this model is sold under Pro 8000 series name by VE Commercial Vehicles Limited's brand Eicher Trucks and Buses, which is jointly owned subsidiary of Volvo and Eicher motors. Manufactured at their Pithampur plant, it is available in heavy duty dump truck and tractor configuration, equipped with VEDX8 engine delivering 280-350 hp.

Models

 * 4×2 Rigid GVW 21 (220-330hp)
 * 6×2 TAG GVW 31 (250-330hp)
 * 6×4 Rigid GVW 34 (280-420hp)
 * 8×4 Rigid GVW 41 (280-420hp)
 * 4×2 Tractor GCW 56 (280-420hp)
 * 6×2 TAG Tractor GCW 56 (280-420hp)
 * 6×4 Tractor GCW 80 (280-420hp)

History
2013 Launched in Asia

2015 Launched in Africa

2017 Launched in North and South America

Name
It's named by "quest".

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