Foton Tunland pick-up truck sighted in Penang

Foton Tunland pick-up truck sighted in Penang

The Foton Tunland is now in Tunland Malaysia! Or at least, someone is exploring the possibility of bringing it in, since a lightly disguised one with trade plates has been spotted in Penang by eagle eyed reader Tommy. The Tunland is not the only Foton with an amusing name, as we were first acquainted with the brand thanks to an SUV product called the Foton Saga.

Like most pick-up trucks, the Foton Tunland is powered by an oil burner, which in this case is a 2.8 litre Cummins ISF2.8s4161P diesel engine, rated for 161 hp at 3,600 rpm and 360 Nm from 1,800 to 3,000 rpm. The Cummins engine is mated to a Cadillac-derived manual transmission. Not segment leading numbers, but competitive none the less, although the large 2.8 litre engine displacement will incur a higher road tax cost than say, a 2.2 litre Ford Ranger.

We wonder if it is Berjaya or Warisan TC Holdings who are the ones who are testing this truck, or someone else altogether.

Warisan TC are in business with Foton, with their subsidiary Angka-Tan Motor selling Foton bus chassis and related products, and another subsidiary Kereta Komersil Seladang Sdn Bhd selling Foton light commercial products. Warisan TC uses the Bison brand for Foton products in Malaysia.

Berjaya also sells Foton products in Malaysia. Its sole offering right now is the Foton View commercial van.

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Paul Tan

After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history.

 

Comments

  • albag on Aug 21, 2012 at 1:14 am

    hear the name already feel tulan dy..

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  • Foton, a brand from a land with plenty of Tun. Foton Tunland

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  • kambeng on Aug 21, 2012 at 3:10 am

    Bermaz are selling Foton View van beside Mazda line-up in Carrefour Wangsa Maju

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  • car driver on Aug 21, 2012 at 7:12 am

    country of the tun, tunland.

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  • ekmal on Aug 21, 2012 at 7:53 am

    Tunland cross it change to Malaysia. I see what you did there.

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  • useless chinese product can throww in the lombong

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  • Super PRO on Aug 21, 2012 at 2:02 pm

    uselesss chinese product?
    well it all depends how much money you are willing to pay the chinese. they are in space age now. malaysia? our highway still crack.

    Foton is big in africa. in fact chinese is HUGE in africa.

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  • Foton -.- Proton
    Foton Saga -.- Proton Saga
    Foton Tunland -.- Proton in a land with lots of Tun

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  • mamat on Aug 21, 2012 at 7:40 pm

    pls bann this low class product!! make our malaysian road dirty…

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  • johan on Aug 22, 2012 at 10:21 am

    wtf? though cummins diesel is plenty strong….

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  • COnfused on Aug 22, 2012 at 11:34 am

    Cummins turbo diesel engine is a wellknown brand. At least this China product use a decent engine. Not sure the rest though…

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  • Alan Tan on Oct 03, 2012 at 8:46 pm

    Well, I’ve just made a quick glance about Foton. It’s a China-based company. You can say it’s a dark horse.
    (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foton_Motor)

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