Claas Jaguar is a self propelled forage harvester

Forage harvester

A forage harvester is a farm implement that harvests forage plants to make silage. Silage is grass, corn or other plant that has been chopped into small pieces, and compacted together in a storage silo, silage bunker, or in silage bags. The silage is then fermented to provide feed for livestock...

 that is built by German

Germany

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 farm machinery company Claas

CLAAS

Claas is an agricultural machinery manufacturer founded in 1913, now based in Harsewinkel, Germany, in the state of North Rhine Westphalia. Their agricultural products are usually sold under the Claas name, except in North America where combines are distributed under the Lexion brand by Caterpillar...

 and is powered by a DaimlerChrysler

DaimlerChrysler

Daimler AG is a German car corporation. By unit sales, it is the thirteenth-largest car manufacturer and second-largest truck manufacturer in the world. In addition to automobiles, Daimler manufactures buses and provides financial services through its Daimler Financial Services arm...

 diesel engine. Models are identified by numbers, current models are numbered 830, 850, 870, 890 and 900, and range from 254 kW (345 hp

Horsepower

Horsepower is the name of several units of measurement of power. The most common definitions equal between 735.5 and 750 watts.Horsepower was originally defined to compare the output of steam engines with the power of draft horses in continuous operation. The unit was widely adopted to measure the...

) to 458 kW (623 hp). Launched in 2007 are the new Jaguar 950, 960, 970, 980.

History

The first Jaguar was built in 1973, with the 10,000th machine being built in 1994, the 15,000th in 1998 and the 20,000th built in 2004.

Success

Claas Jaguars are the most common type of silage harvester in the world.
Of the forage harvesters sold in Ireland from 2000-2003 , 60% of them were Claas Jaguars.
Claas Jaguars held 41% of forage harvesters sold in United Kingdom in 2005 and 2006, with John Deere selling just 23%.
Claas also sell very well in North America. The Claas Jaguar has been in production for 35 years..

Green Eye & Speedstar

The Claas Jaguar Speedstar was first sold in 2003. Before then, most silage harvesters went at a normal speed of 20 kp/h during roading. With the Speedstar however, the machine was much faster at 40 km/h.

The Claas Jaguar Green Eye is quite a new addition. After four years of scientific experiments, the Green Eye was produced in May 2007. The current 900 model currently being sold in Europe

Europe

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is known as the Claas Jaguar 900 Green Eye. The Green Eye is available in other models as well.