Get over it, its a nice truck
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I'M SITTING in my office reading CM (1 August) and all I can think is what's all this about?
The new FH is what it is: a new model with just about everything new (cab and engine, as well as some great technology). This week, we are getting an average of 9.88mpg out of the two new FH13s on work running to Italy — which is a good sign, as they only went on the road in June. Performancewise, I can't fault them, and, when everything else ticks the boxes, who cares about how they look? It's a truck: it's meant to be practical and safe.
In regards to Hill's comment that he will buy one when it gets a facelift, I think he will wait a long time. Volvo has just spent millions on this innovation, which is everything its customers need and enough to take the Volvo brand into the future, keeping it well and truly in the game.
The king is dead. RIP the old FH. Long live the new king, the new FH; and what a nice truck it is too. Kevin Hopper MD, Brian Yeardley Continental