The New Holland 3230 is a compact utility tractor of the sort New Holland sells in Asia rather than in Europe. The film below stages it against a Sonalika 745, an Indian-built rival, and that pairing is the most reliable thing this page can say about the machine’s market. The sources used here describe the company, not the model.
New Holland 3230 at a glance
| Maker | New Holland |
|---|---|
| Class | small utility tractor |
| Market suggested by the film | the Indian subcontinent, where it is compared with a Sonalika |
| Indian factory | Greater Noida, near New Delhi, a wholly owned plant since 1996 |
| Pakistani partner | Dera Ghazi Khan, tractors and engines in joint venture |
| Turkish partner | Türk Traktör of the Koç group, Ankara, joint venture from 1998 |
| Company founded | 1895, New Holland, Pennsylvania |
| Group today | CNH Industrial, based in Turin |
| Technical data | not given in the sources used here |
| Example filmed | compared with a Sonalika 745 |
The sources cover the company, not the 3230; the model’s technical data is not given here because it is not in them.
History of the New Holland 3230
Small tractors, big markets
New Holland’s agricultural range covers far more than the large European tractors the brand is known for in the west. The company is present in 170 countries and builds in Asia through its own plants and joint ventures: New Holland FIAT India, a wholly owned subsidiary since 1996, works from Greater Noida near New Delhi, and there are partner factories in Dera Ghazi Khan in Pakistan and in Ankara in Turkey, where the Türk Traktör joint venture with the Koç group began in 1998 on a site that had built Fiat tractors since 1967. Utility tractors of the 3230’s size are the bread of those factories.
What the film shows
The film below is a comparison test between a New Holland 3230 and a Sonalika 745. Sonalika is an Indian maker, and a head-to-head of this kind is typical of the small-tractor market of the subcontinent, where such machines do the work that larger tractors do elsewhere. The sources used here do not give the 3230’s engine, power or gearbox, and this page does not supply numbers it cannot support.
Design and features
- Utility class: a small tractor for mixed farm and haulage work.
- Asian production: the sort of model built and sold through New Holland’s Indian and Pakistani operations.
- Local rivals: the film compares it directly with an Indian Sonalika.
- Wide group: sold by a brand that belongs to CNH Industrial and builds in 18 plants worldwide.
New Holland 3230 versions
- New Holland 3230: the tractor described here.
- Other 3000-series utility tractors: the rest of the small-tractor range.
- European compact tractors: the T4 and Boomer classes sold in the west instead.
The bigger utility tractors of the range are on the pages for the New Holland 4055 and the New Holland 5030. More machines are in the New Holland section.
Video: Tractor Sonalika 745 Vs New Holland 3230
Video by Sukhdeep Kang on YouTube.
Sources
- New Holland Agriculture, English Wikipedia: Indian plant, joint ventures, world presence
- New Holland, Dutch Wikipedia: production sites in Asia
