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it) in Britain, with a 7.5-tonner. We have been to Sweden to find out how the newest and smallest member of the FL series, the FL4, performs. What is its tiny 3.6-litre direct-injunction diesel like? How well do its disc brakes perform? And is the FL6 cab too big for a small distribution vehicle?
• Continental, the big German tyre company, has been refining its commercial vehicle tyres — "optimising their performance" in its own words. Just how good those new tyres are we will tell you ill week, fresh froni the test track in Portugal where we have been trying them out.
• Fuels and lubricants tend to be forgotte factors in vehicle performance, but they are vitally important. In next week's issue, we look at advances in lubrication and in fuel — synthetic oils, hydrogen fuel, what's happening to diesel fuel quality, and is liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) ever going to take off?
• And to round it all off we have been c testing one of the less usual, but more expensive, off-road vehicles. Now we can answer the question: is a Mercedes-Benz Unimog really a commercial vehicle?