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First Mercedes for Rumbelows
15th March 1990, Page 21
15th March 1990
Page 21
Page 21, 15th March 1990
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• Up to 200 Mercedes-Benz 308D boxvans, worth around £2.5 million, are set to join the fleet of high street electrical retailer Rumbelows — the first Mercedes vehicles to enter the fleet.
Rumbelows transport manager Jack Cooke specified the latest 2.31it 0M601 ID1 diesel engine from Mercedes, which produces 58kW (79hp) at 3,800rpm with 157Nm (1151bft) of torque produced between 2,000 and 2,800 rpm.
The low revving engine is complimented by a new overdrive gearbox. Cooke says the first 35 vehicles to join the fleet are returning around 12.8 liti100km (22mpg).
The vehicles will average around 40,000km a year, making an average 18 drops a day. They were supplied with aluminium box bodies, supplied by Whitacres of Stoke-on-Trent.