South African ERFs get Atlantis diesels
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Ws South African company is become the first cv builder fit the Atlantis ADE 407T die The Atlantis, built entirely in e Cape to Daimler-Benz speciations, is a straight-six turboarged unit developing 206kW 76 bhp) DIN at 2,200rpm. ERF adapted it to its requireants starting late in 1979 and e work including rigorous sting at the MIRA track. Ennes have been fitted to twoid three-axle ERF tractive units lich were first shown at the ficial opening of ERF's new deit in Durban in March.
The Atlantis will cover 80 per nt of the company's poweriits needs in South Africa, cording to managing director Ji Davies. He said that the cornmy 'will offer a range of two-, rei-land four-axle vehicles, tOqher with a bus version. 1 Mr Davies also said that both odels were engineered and sted at ERF's engineering and search centre at Middlewich. ERF's South African operation said to bean target for its third record year. In the 12 months ended March 31, 1981, turnover rose 76 per cent to £8.9m. However, ERF as a whole lost'. £4.3m last year.
Vehicle production in South Africa was up to 280 from 224 with a current order book for 210. Vehicles include three-axle tractive units plated up to 150 tonnes, generating up to 475bh p.