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FREIGHT ROVER
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FR E1G11"1: ROVER's recently launched 200 Series Sherpa vans with GKN composite — glass fibre and epoxy resin — leaf springs (CM, November 2), make their world exhibition debut at Glasgow.
The two to 2.8-tonne GVW 200 Series vans and minibuses are the first production light commercials to be fitted with composite leaf springs all round as standard.
Composites offer a number of advantages over steel units. They are quieter, lighter and, in the unlikely event of spring failure, they break along, rather than across, the spring length allowing the vehicle to still he driven.
FR's move to composites, however, is just part of a comprehensive package designed to give the Sherpa better driver appeal and reduce operating costs.
Two 200 Series models are displayed; a Sherpa 200 City Special and a 2511 minibus.
The Sherpa 200 City Special is one of four new City Special models added to the old Sherpa range. With their high level of equipment, they are intended primarily for small fleets or owner drivers. The show van is fitted with the optional 39kW (52hp) 1.8-litre diesel engine, coupled to the standard fivespeed gearbox.
The 250 minibus is powered by FR's two-litre 0 Commercial petrol engine rated at 63kW (85hp). As part of FR's cost of ownership revisions, service intervals on all petrol-engined Sherpas have been extended from 10,000km (6,)1(1(Im) to 2)1,0(8k iii (1238)0m). The nimonic valves on the 0 Commerical should need checking for clearance only every 39,000km (24,00(4in).
Moving up the weight range, Freight Rover is showing its 98kW (132hp) V8 engine option — available on selected wide-bodied 300 series models for police and ambulance applications — installed in a Sherpa 350 long-wheelbase highroof van (see page 18).
The other 300 Series model is a longwheelbase 2.5-litre chassis cab with a Tipmaster body. Recent improvements to the 2.5-litre Land Rover diesel have resulted in a 10 per cent gain in fuel economy, and an increase in power from 48kW (64hp) to 52kW (70hp). Peak torque remains unchanged.
All Sherpa models are now fitted with a three-year warranty long-life exhaust system, and have revised interiors and lighter steering loads.