undisguised examples of the new FM landed in the UK
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last week. This FM 270 26-tonne rigid (pictured left) made it to Dover on Thursday 7 March.
CM caught up with the six-wheeler when it stopped at Cobham services. Externally, the new model doesn't have the more vertical windscreen that featured on the latest FH, and sadly, given its primary role as an urban distribution truck, doesn't seem to have the same slim-line mirrors either. Although we weren't allowed to photograph the interior of this pre-production example, that's where most of the visible changes have taken place. The dashboard follows the acclaimed styling of the FH and the Globetrotter cab looks to have as much storage space as a modestly sized motorhome.
The trucks are the subject of a competition to win a trip to drive them in Sweden, which you can enter by submitting pictures of them on the road to paparazzi.volvotrucks.com.