UK newspapers say that at 160hp the Crystal transmission is at its limits, and a bigger model (visitors have already spotted a 180hp prototype in Brno before the Crystal was even introduced to the public) would come with a new transmission. And on top of that a future range would have 200-250hp.
Now, the trademark registration database shows that Zetor re-registered the Zetor Crystal trademark at the same time as the Zetor Super trademark. Hence i was expecting this "broadening of the Major range" to be an improved basic Proxima which would be called Super, like the 7341 Super alongside the 7340 Major.
Originally this model name Super, first appeared on the 35 Super of 1954, which at that time was a huge lump of a tractor. A local contracting company had two of them in the late 50's and my (now deceased) neighbour remembers them as "two of those huge Zetors pulling the manure spreaders"
In the fifties, the Super was king size, they were put in the same league as the first 7130 Magnum in our country, owned by this very same contractor in 1988, compared to their fleet of Renault 145-14 tractors in the 80's
So historically the name Super would fit better on a big range of heavy duty tractors, e.g. a range that competes in the Fendt 800 and Deere 7 series class... Also, the simple name of Super speaks volumes, where the name Maxterra is a bit over the top. Going over the top is something for the chinese newcomers, not for a 70 year old brand that has a great history to look back at.
