Why return to Agco’s Fendt Vario transmission, after already testing it on the firm’s 191kW/260hp flagship 926 (profi 1/97)? After all, other than giving away a significant 90hp, little else separates the 125kW/170hp 916 from its big brother. That’s just the point, though. We wanted to find out whether the Vario still makes sense, now that it’s stepped down into the bigger volume, sub-200hp sector. Text by Manfred Neunaber with photos by Stefan Tovornik