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ally News!
Page 24
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• iveco's 2003 Dailys will have a been reduced with the introduc new engine at entry level. The two lowest ratings of the 2.8litre SOFIM engine have been replaced by a 2.3-litre unit, the Unijet HPI. with nominal ratings of 94 and 114hp.
The new engine is the same 16-valve unit previously launched, if not yet seen, in the latest Fiat Ducato, modified only to suit a longitudinal rather than transverse installation. Fuel delivery is courtesy of the latest second-generation common-rail system from Bosch. with rail pressure now at 1,600 bar and injector pressure of 1,800 bar.
A lot of attention has been paid to noise and vibra tion reduction, both in initial design characteristics and through external features such as a dual-mass flywheel and a well-isolated gear lever. The new engine is also 30kg lighter than the 2.8-litre.
Servicing requirements have tion of maintenance-free hydraulic tappets: oil and filter changes are every 40,000km, with the poly-V ancillary drive belt and toothed timing belt lasting for 120,000 and 240,000km respectively.
The new engines are mated to a ZF overdrive five-speed box. The dined-drive six-speeder is reserved for the 2.8-litre units, Mich stay in the line-up in their top 123 and 14411p ratings
Other changes • Apparently some operators have a problem with the current Daily's super-responsive rack-and-pinion steering and firm suspension, finding it too nervous in certain conditions.
The transverse-leaf-spnng arrangement of L and S-chassis Dailys has been retuned, with new bump-stop rubbers fitted to the ends of the spring replacing the usual anti-roll stabiliser bar. Large bump rubbers are also fitted to the leafsprung rear axle.
Inside the cab, the 2003 Daily's dash retains the same basic layout, with a few extra storage bins and the white-on-black dials already introduced. However, the main difference is the covering, with a softer looking plastic which replaces the hard and cheap material that has let this model down in the past.
The lower half of the dash is now a lighter grey colour and the seats are trimmed in a bright new cloth. Less obvious, but just as important, Iveco has put considerable efforts into improving the fit of the whole dashboard assembly to reduce noise levels, by a claimed 2dB(A1 at 100km/h.
Telematics system
• The 2003 Daily will be available with an on-board but portable telematics system, based on the Pocket PC platform. Central to the system is the Compaq Ipaq PDA, which is able to combine satellite navigation, voice and text communications and trip computer with a hand-held barcode scanner and receipt signature recorder, as well as its conventional pocket computer functions.
The hardware is intended to be compatible with emerging communications technology such as Bluetooth and GPRS.
This is not the first appearance of such a device—first on
the market was the Scani Casio pairing—but the lvec and HP-Compaq offering is de: tined to extend both the fun( tionality and the user-base. Tr system has the greatest dotel tial for multi-drop deliverie: and Iveco says it is likely to mov upwards through the weigf range in due course. Trunkir artics and delivery vans coul USE the same kit.
• See CH's roadtest of a 6.5 tonne Daily on page 32.