Styling updates are frequent in the automotive world: the look is freshened up, certain finishes are changed, details are polished to keep up with the times. In agriculture, everything is different. Vehicles are only redesigned when there is a major technical innovation that justifies the change in look. This is what is happening with the New Holland CR11 combine harvester, which in addition to being the largest ever made, also sets new standards in terms of productivity and grain loss reduction.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Form follows function<\/strong><\/span> A new design language<\/strong><\/span> Efficiency at the core<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe engineers at the Zedelgem plant in Belgium who designed it interacted with parent company CNH\u2019s design centre in Turin led by David Wilkie to give shape to this revolutionary machine. \u201cI am very satisfied with this project \u2013 said Wilkie \u2013 because, if on cars \u2018design is king\u2019, on work vehicles form always follows function. It is therefore more difficult to propose changes, which are always dictated by technical needs. On such an advanced and significant vehicle, everyone agreed right from the start on the need to show how much innovation there is on the CR11. It has been 20 years since the design language of New Holland combines last changed\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\nThe chosen design has established itself not only because of its interesting aesthetics, but also because it is easy to replicate on so many different vehicles. In fact, it has borne a new design language for New Holland, which has been dubbed \u201cInspired by Nature\u201d and which is also being replicated on other vehicles, the baler (presented even before the combine harvester, effectively anticipating its design criteria, although this was already defined) and the T7 Methane Power – LNG tractor.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n\u201cThe design language that defines the New Holland CR11 represents a new brand signature \u2013 said Giampiero Vietti, CNH Senior Designer, explains \u00a0\u2013 which has been applied to the new tractors. There is a whole new generation of bonnets that follow the style born with the combine harvester\u201d. Various sources of inspiration have dictated the design of this vehicle. \u201cAlthough very large \u2013 added Vietti \u2013 with its shape, this CR11 wanted to emphasise the concepts of efficiency and the ability to fit into the environment. That\u2019s why it has this yellow side, a colour that has always set apart New Holland combines, which is very sinuous and sculptural, while everything else is black. Even that sort of air intake that you can see in the middle of the body panel serves to streamline the shapes\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>