LIGHT VEHICLES
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MA scheme to rectify mechanical faults in light vehicles, devised and operated successfully for four years by Nottinghamshire police, is to be adopted by police forces throughout Britain, reports Commercial Motor, June 7. Other light vehicles news in that issue of CM include: Fiat has confirmed that the replacement to its norm° van will be based on the Uno hatchback; Bodybuilder Walker is producing a personnel carrier conversion on the Bedford Rascal minivan; Perkins Engines has won a major export order to RVI for the same 67kW (90hp) T4.38 turbocharged four-cylinder engine used in the Dodge 50-Series; VAG has finally launched the single-wheeled rear axle version of the LT36 (called LT35E) in the UK.
Ford has extended its range with the addition of a West German-built dual-purpose model based on the Escort estate; The first production 7.5-tonne-GVW Electric Roadrunner has been bought by Southern Electricity; Rydgeway Vehicle Mouldings of Basildon, Essex. is producing glass-fibre high-top mouldings for the latest Ford Transits.