• NEXT WEEK FUEL MONITORING
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• Fuel and ways of choosing it, buying it, monitoring its use, and saving it are the subjects we focus on in next week's issue. We have been looking at driver incentive schemes designed to improve fuel consumption, at the economics of the diesel or petrol engine option in vans, and at how fuel consumption can be accurately monitored in all kinds of vehicle. Furthermore, we have ventured into the hazardous subject of bulk buy discounts. You might be able to cut your fuel costs simply by reading next week's CM.
• It's now 18 months since Leyland launched the Roadrunner in the IJK with a blaze of publicity centring on two-wheeled truck commercials. Sales have certainly been climbing steadily. The company now holds an impressive 16 per cent sharp in the lucrative 7.5-tonne market, but how good is the Roadrunner?
CM has already tested the 86kW (115hp) 8.12 model with mixed results. Next week we turn the spotlight on its lower-powered brother — the 72kW (97hp) 8.10. Did it do well? Read CM to find out.