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Navistar looks to European return
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• Navistar, the leading heavy truck manufacturer in the US and world leader in the 10-16tonne GVW sector, plans to re-establish itself in Europe — and is considering a bid to snap up Seddon Atkinson for the second time.
Navistar, formerly known as International Harvester, owned Seddon Atkinson and a onethird stake in Pegaso until selling up and pulling out of Europe in 1982.
Now it has joined the long list of truck manufacturers looking for partnerships in Europe ahead of 1992 and the Single European Market.
Any push into the European market will be helped by Navistar's new "smokeless diesel" technology, which was unveiled in California this summer (Vehicles News page 10).
Chairman Jim Cotting says that although European trucks lead the world in refinement and safety, they lag behind their American and Japanese counterparts in diesel engine efficiency, payload potential and reliability. He predicts that fiercer competition in Europe after 1992 might bring a pruning of luxury specification to reduce weight and cost.
Cotting predicts that the cost savings from high-volume production will compel vehicle makers to turn increasingly to specialist suppliers, and he sees Navistar as a future supplier of mid-range engines. n As predicted by CM, Seddon Atkinson will launch the Pegaso Troner onto the UK market next January, following successful trials of 10 Troners with UK operators.
Top-of-the-range Ironer 1236.38 TX models will be powered by Pegaso's 11.9-litre six-cylinder engine. The driveline includes a ZF 16S-I60 16-speed gearbox driving an air suspended Pegaso axle.
The Troner will be offered with the high roof at £54,827, rising to £57,842 on 1 April.