So, it would never happen? Wrong. Those who scoffed that Fendt would never fit its Vario stepless transmission to smaller tractors will now be tucking into humble pie. For, at Agritechnica ’99, Fendt introduced the new three-model Farmer 400 Vario range. Starting at 63kW/86hp, all three sport Vario gearboxes. But there is more to these new tractors than just being ‘stepless’, as we found out when driving the Farmer 410 Vario