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• AWD Trucks has teamed up with Banbury Horseboxes to offer a range of 'off-theshelf boxes which are expected to generate over £7 million of business during the next 12 months. AWD hopes the deal will renew its leadership in this market sector.
The first batch of 30 AWD chassis cabs have been delivered to Banbury Horseboxes for conversion into a new three-model range of `Countryman' horseboxes: a four-horse hunting box, and two and three-horse versions which also provide living accommodation. Prices start at £27,000 (ex-VAT).
The bodies are built on Perkins Phaser-powered AWD TL8-14s, fitted with Spicer five-speed synchromesh gearboxes. Banbury is confident of selling 250 Countryman boxes next year through its Extra Special Vehicles subsidiary, which operates a network of specialist dealers.
ESV dealers will offer partexchange deals for the Countryman boxes, as well as hire purchase and leasing schemes.
ESV chairman Bob Colman says: "We have every confidence that the TL horsebox will soon recapture its once dominant role in the market. Being available off-the-shelf means that prospective owners will no longer have to go through the time-consuming process of choosing and ordering the appropriate chassis, and then waiting for several weeks or months for it to be coachbuilt and completed to the required specification:"