The New Holland TM series was the company’s principal line of high-horsepower tractors around the turn of the century, running from the TM 115 up to the TM 190. The film below shows a TM 190 working. The sources used for this page describe the company and its range, not the series itself.
New Holland TM series at a glance
| Maker | New Holland |
|---|---|
| Class | high-horsepower farm tractors |
| Models | TM 115, TM 135, TM 150, TM 165, TM 175, TM 190 and others |
| Era | around 2000, after the Ford and Fiat ranges were merged |
| Single brand | launched in Orlando, 1996 |
| Paint scheme | all tractors blue from 2000 |
| Group | CNH Industrial, after the 1999 Case merger |
| Shared engineering | mechanical parts shared with Case and Steyr tractors |
| Technical data | not given in the sources used here |
| Example filmed | a TM 190 working in Italy |
The sources describe the company and the range, not the TM series; the models’ technical data is left out because it is not in them.
History of the New Holland TM series
The top of the range around 2000
The TM series was where New Holland put its biggest conventional tractors in the years around 2000: machines of the class bought by large arable farms and contractors for ploughing, heavy cultivation and haulage. The models ran from the TM 115 to the TM 190 and were sold with a range of transmissions and cab specifications, including examples badged for other markets. Photographs of the series often show extra numbers in brackets after the model name, marking locally rated versions.
The years it was built in
These were the years in which New Holland became a single brand. After Ford bought Sperry New Holland in 1986 and Fiat bought 80 per cent of the business in 1991, the two tractor ranges were combined and sold for a while in Ford blue and Fiat terracotta red at the same time. The New Holland name was launched worldwide in 1996 at a convention in Orlando, Florida, and in 2000 every tractor was painted blue. In 1999 the company merged with Case to form CNH, later CNH Industrial.
The tractor in the film
The film below shows a TM 190 at work. It is a typical enthusiast’s record of the series: a big blue tractor earning its living on a European farm two decades after it was built. The sources used here do not give the series’ engines, powers or production years, and this page does not supply figures it cannot support.
Design and features
- High-horsepower line: the largest conventional tractors of the range around 2000.
- Wide model spread: from the TM 115 to the TM 190.
- Group engineering: mechanical parts shared with Case and Steyr tractors.
- Blue period: sold as New Holland unified its colours in 2000.
New Holland TM series versions
- New Holland TM 115: an early model of the series, shown in the photos.
- New Holland TM 150: a mid-series model with higher output.
- New Holland TM 190: the largest model of the line, shown in the film.
The smaller mid-range tractors are on the New Holland TL page, and the series that followed at the top of the range on the New Holland TG page. More machines are in the New Holland section.
Video: new holland tm 190 (240)
Video by Manuel Mezzadra on YouTube.
Sources
- New Holland Agriculture, English Wikipedia: Ford and Fiat ownership, 1996 launch, 1999 merger
- New Holland, Dutch Wikipedia: colours, shared engineering, range
