/The first new vehicle to carry a Leyland Daf badge
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is unveiled this week. The 95 Series is Dafs new heavy truck range which replaces the current 2800, 3300 and 3600 range. It is also the first Daf truck to be fitted with the new Cabtec cab, developed and built jointly by Daf and Enasa — the Spanish state-owned truck builder which owns Seddon Atkinson.
Apart from its new cab, which has been under development by Cabtec since 1984, the 95 Series has an all-new chassis frame, and updated, slightly-more powerful cross-flow versions of the 11.6-litre Daf ATi engine. The 95 Series trucks are being built at Daf's plants at Eindhoven in the Netherlands and the Westerlo (axle and cab plant) in Belgium where Daf has invested heavily in new production equipment. The 95 Series is the first completely new truck to come from a Fl 600 million (£179 million) sixyear product renewal programme which Daf embarked on in 1984.
The UK is the only country where the 95 Series will be badged as Leyland Dais. The first right-hand-drive models are expected to go on sale here next month. For more details on the 95 Series see page 30.