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EC preview at Paris show
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'ER a break of four years, imercial vehicles came
c to the Paris show this k to provide a sneak preir of many of the exhibits ch will be at Birmingham • this month.
3:yland participants stressed ivide vehicle range covered the current programme :h, for France, includes a Irigid Marathon offered for as well as haulage duties. )thon sales in France now 3ge 20 units a month.
le -newFord Transconital, including units with the
mins E 290 engine overowed other exhibits on the -France stand. One of the scontinental HA 4427 tracmits was fitted with a Telma I 250 retarder in the drive
Other Ford exhibits inad an interesting Transit
d refrigerated van as well as ral examples from the oved D-Series.
)e Dodge contribution to brought together products Dunstable, Spain and the It is of course too early for 3ffects to make themselves if the recent events which iltimately bring the cv side, 'ell as the :Car activities, ,r French control. Use of nese-built diesels in some
e American-made Dodge vehicles underlined the 'slow development progress of such engines in the US.
Peugeot's cv activities, confined for many years to car derivatives and the front-wheel drive J7 range, were demonstrated on many of the bodybuilders' stands at Paris, with exhibits showing the flair the French have for getting the best out of this drive-line layout.
IVECO's own French domestic partner, UNIC, presented a "pendant" range complementary to the other IVECO marques. Although considerable efforts are now being undertaken in the field of air deflector development — several of the IVECO exhibits featured this type of energy-saving cab roof equipment — the design of such fitments varies considerably. Even the four different examples mounted on Berliet/Saviem tractive units'and shown by one manufacturer, SSV, appeared to have given more thought to aesthetics than towards achieving practical results.
Volvo used the show to present the full Model programme now completed by the introduction of the F7 and F6S vehicles. Though not to be marketed in the UK, the F 615 is another addition to the Volvo range using the new all-steel safety cab. The engine fitted is the TD 60 B developing 180bhp at 2,800 rpm.
Two important developments on the Scania stand included the up-rated LT 146 chassis — at the exhibition in tipper guise for a gvw of 36 tonnes but also to be marketed as a heavy haulage machine — and the introduction of an improved cab suspension. This comprises helical spring mountings with hydraulic shock absorbers to provide a better ride quality for short wheelbase tractors and for rigids mainly working over poor roads.
Hino, one of three Japanese makers established on the French market, announced the introduction of two additional models into Europe, the LA for a gvw of 11 tonnes and the KY, a 19-tonner. Smallest of the Japanese cv exhibits, the Honda Acty, was also shown as a minitipper with a JCM dropside body.
Major psv developments were disclosed by DAF, Heuliez, Neoplan and Van Hool. The DAF SB 2000 DHR rear-engined chassis introduced at Amsterdam in the spring is now being offered with a charge-cooled DHU 825 engine as alre used in the DAF truck ra The turbo-charged 169 power unit is said to repre the first application of cha cooling to a psv engine.
Heuliez showed a full-s mock-up of the Fre government-sponsored
of the future'. which may I incorporate such advanced tures as hydrostatic drive, bi the first prototype for corn tion next year will be povo by a side-mounted r underfloor Berliet enc. driving through an autorr transmission.
The Neoplan design t, made a brief visit to the f show with the first compl, four-axle twin-steer dot decker for Chile. The veh designed to carry only passengers (seating on the deck is to a 2+1 plan 14.36m (47ft) long and r ered by a Daimler-Benz OM diesel engine of 352 bhp.
Finally, the presentatioi Van Hool of the Spanish"Alyzee" body style sign; the Belgian maker's new lin the 1980s.