It is the fourth award in a row for the new spearhead of the CLAAS tractor fleet: After “Tractor of the Year 2024”, “Farm Machine 2024” (large tractor category) and “AE50 Award”, the XERION 12.650 TERRA TRAC has now received the Grand Prix in the “International Product Development” category at the AGROmashEXPO in the Hungarian capital Budapest.

“It is extraordinary to receive four awards for a new product in such a period space of time,” says Dr. Martin von Hoyningen-Huene, Chief Technology Officer CLAAS Group and responsible for the Tractors and Implements division. “Thanks to its features, the large tractor help our customers work more productively and efficiently while reducing the burden on the driver and the environment.“

CLAAS importer AXIÁL: “We introduced the XERION 12 series in the second half of 2023 and demonstrated it to the first customers in the field,” explains Zsolt Harsányi, founder of AXIÁL and spokesman for the owner family. “The feedback was positive, both in terms of performance and pulling power as well as efficiency, comfort and driver assistance through CEMOS and digital technologies such as CEMIS 1200 with GPS PILOT. The AGROmashEXPO Grand Prix confirms the feedback from farmers and drivers and underlines the tractor’s convincing technological arguments.”

The new XERION 12 series is positioned above the XERION 4200, XERION 4500 and XERION 5000 models, which are available as TRAC, TRAC VC and SADDLE TRAC variants (XERION 4200 only). After a successful start of production at the main plant in Harsewinkel, Germany, an initially limited number of machines will be built this year and marketed in the core target markets. It will be introduced in other sales regions at the same time.


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