Its not that i will ever be convinced about the new Linde product , Its more to do with this just shows how far KION are off the mark and have no real direction.. A couple of years ago KION set out its 2020 program with many people Looking to the KION management to see this through, and many investing money into KION via the stock market float.The sad truth now looks like KION will never hit their 2020 targets and will be lucky to stay a number two manufacture if Mistubishi get Unicarrier right and add junghienrich to this company.

The people who now run KION are now Clueless to the business and will see the company loose more market share over the next couple of Years. Toyota will hit them hard in their main diesel powered lift truck markets of 3,000kg in Germany and France as well as the rest of Europe.. They are piratically out of big trucks over 8,000kg and when a decent truck comes on to the market in the 6,000kg - 8,000 kg range they will be out of this as well.


So really its not just about this new 10 - 16 ton truck range all this has done is show up the KION faults. If you look at the new high cab on the 1401 it has what can only be called a rope ladder out of the cab dangerous to say the least

Now for those people who say here we go he's knocking KION again i would just like to point out that you people were probably the same people who said that the Chinese would not buy KION when they had and you probably said that KION would not sell their big truck business and close merthyr which they did.

KION is now at the start of a major crisis in the business with no real way you can see them turning it around. the very sad part of all this will be for the loyal employees who will follow the same loyal employees of Myrther Barli and basingskoke were 100's lost there jobs