Iveco heavy tippers in pipeline
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• Iveco will launch a range of on/off-road heavy trucks, including an 8x4 tipper, during the second half of next year — but UK tippermen will have to wait a bit longer for right-hand-drive models to arrive in the UK.
Although the Italian truck maker is giving away few details, the new line-up is expected to sport a modified version of the recently launched EuroTech heavy tractor cab. Right-handdrive models could also use the lighter cab which is due to be unveiled on Iveco Ford's new 17-tonner, the SuperCargo (CM 8-14 October),
Power for the new eight-legger is likely to be provided by Iveco's latest 9.5-litre chargecooled straight-six which, in the EuroTech tractor, is rated at 254 and 276kW (341 and 370hp). It appears there are no plans to continue to fit an aircooled Deutz engine except in specialist Third World off-road models.
Until now Iveco has always retained the Deutz engine in its Maggie eightwheelers. It is believed that six-wheel tipper versions of the latest Cargo
New Iveco tippers will feature a version of the Euro Tech cab and 9.6-litre charge-cooled straight-six.
range, powered by Iveco engines, could break cover by the middle of 1993, plated for operation at the higher 26-tonne limit which comes into effect in January.
O Hatcher Components has a high-roof sleeper-cab conversion for Iveco Fords up to 17 tonnes GVW and Seddon Atkinson 210 models. Sky Cab costs £1,800; it raises the ceiling by 700mm.