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C '07: VO VO FH1 .4
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Brian Weatherley looks back over the highlights of an earlier FF113 CM road test We've finally got the result we've been looking for from an FH. OK, so we had to waft until Euro-5 to get it, but better late than never. Yes, the F1-I enjoyed the benefit of a non-standard trailer on test but we've no doubts whatsoever that the latest SCR Dl 3A diesel can deliver good economy whatever the road, or the load.
And from the moment we first drove the new 480 F1-I back in 2005 we've been asking ourselves: "Do you really need any more power in a 44-tonner?" It's a superbly understated engine that gets on with the job with the minimum of fuss.
And when you put an I-Shift auto behind it you've got a very drivable motor. As autos go, I-Shift is right up there among the two-pedal front runners. We just think it time to lose some of the options on it and reduce the driver 'fiddle-factor' further. With I-Shift's quick-thinking brain you really don't need an economy/power setting any more.
Last but not least, the Volvo FH is a truck that drivers still want to get into and the Globetrotter XL cab/Comfort trim combo is attractive without being OTT. Like we said, the FH13.480 is a 'reward motor'. But one the gaffer won't resent... or regret.
Vehicle Volvo FH13.480 6x2 tag-axle tractor with Globetrotter XL cab, Comfort trim Date: CM30 October 2007 Engine: Volvo D13A 480 (Euro-51turbedieset, with four valves per cylinder, electronically controlled unit injectors; SCR Maximum power: 473hp (353kWI at 1,400-1 ,80Orpm Maximum torque: 2,400Nm (1,770tbftl at 1,050-1,400rpm Transmission: Volvo 12-speed fully automated V24121A1 'I-Shift' direct-top gearbox Final drive ratio: 2.79:1 Warranty:Two years' unlimited distance with 36 months' servicing Fuel consumption Scottish test route Overall, mpg (lit/100kml: 8.10134.91 Day 1 overall: 8. 131.81
Day 2 overall. 7.54(37.4] Tough A-roads: 6.01(47.0) Easy A-roads/motorways: 8.99131.41 Tough motorways: 7.95(35.5) Average speed Overall, km/h:70.0 Tough A-roads: 56.3 Easy A-roads/motorways: 76.5
Tough motorways: 72.0 Payload
As tested, tonnes: 28.00
CAP residualvalue tat time of publication,
CAP average condition predicted price with 120,000km annual mileage at time of test( Three years: E28,525
Five years: £20,500
Basic dtassis-cab: £102,532