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"It's not the biggest cab around, but with the CD trim it's well fitted out."
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John Watts
John Watts, senior editor at CAP ;ommercial Vehicle Monitor, says: With 160hp the FH12 was a cut above the average when it was introduced back in 1999 for
iperation at 41 tonnes. It "ppealed to small and midIle-sized fleets that wanted :o be able to maintain good ourney times operating over onger distances, but it's not distribution vehicle.
The virtually flat floor nside the Globetrotter XL :ab means there is head'corn to stand in comfort nit the rake of the screen Ind overhead lockers does imit shoulder room. It's not .he biggest cab around, but vith the CD trim it's well ltted out.
"Operators bought the [60 believing they would get combination of perfornance, fuel economy and payload, but early examples gave slightly less improvement than they might have expected over the 420.
"Three-and-a-half years ago transaction prices for the top three tractors with similar power were all very similar. Today the beak price for an S-reg Volvo F1112 Globetrotter XL 460 6x2 with 600,000km on the clock is £24,250. A Scania 11124 Topline 470 is priced at £26,000 while the Daf 95XF Super Space 480 comes in at 130,000. That must make the Volvo FH12 460 quite attractive to the used truck buyer.
"Surprisingly, the 4x2 version of the FH12 460 is only £2,000 less, but the reason for this is supply and demand. From 1999 onwards there were more new 6x2 tractive units sold than 4x2s."