For many years, Magirus-Deutz trucks were beloved not only for their excellent driving performance but also for their unmistakable, high-pitched engine sound. At PAX Group, the so-called \u201cMagirus virus\u201d spread quickly the company operated many different models over the years. This time, we\u2019re spotlighting one of the lesser-known ones: the\u00a0Magirus-Deutz Pluto 200 FL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Magirus-Deutz models were traditionally named after planets such as Mercury, Sirius, Uranus, Saturn and, in this case, Pluto. While other models looked large and rugged, the Pluto had a softer, more rounded design. It was introduced in 1963 after new transport regulations allowed for 38-ton combinations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Magirus-Deutz 200 FL was a forward-control truck (FL = Frontlenker<\/em>) with 200 hp. Like all Magirus trucks built in Ulm, it featured the brand\u2019s signature air-cooled engine. The Pluto trucks in service at PAX where the original badge on the grille was replaced with the company\u2019s own logo were used for both light and medium-duty transport operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For many years, Magirus-Deutz trucks were beloved not only for their excellent driving performance but also for their unmistakable, high-pitched engine sound. At PAX Group, the so-called \u201cMagirus virus\u201d spread quickly the company operated many different models over the years. This time, we\u2019re spotlighting one of the lesser-known ones: the\u00a0Magirus-Deutz Pluto 200 FL. The Magirus-Deutz […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3517,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pax.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pax.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pax.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pax.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pax.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8246"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pax.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8328,"href":"https:\/\/www.pax.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8246\/revisions\/8328"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pax.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pax.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pax.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pax.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}