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MORE THAN £0.9m wort! Perkins' diesel engines I been bought by one of Turk major commercial veh manufacturers, Chrysler Sat The six-cylinder 6.354 units be used to power Turkish-I Chrysler Sanayi 12-ton FE lorries.
Until 1978, Chrysler Sa was part of the Chrysler c seas operation, but is no Turkish company, owned b three national distributors.
The company manufac and assembles basic cab chassis units at its plan. Gebze, 30 miles from !star Chrysler distributors arrangi bodies to befitted to custon specifications for gen haulage work, throughout country and many of vehicles are expected to be t of off-highway tipping duti
been introduced on the tra( units. Spring leaves are thi than normal, fewer in nun (three on the front axle, tl plus a helper at the rear) anc spaced apart to cut out intel friction.
Both the new tractive u say Mercedes, are lighter "s for-spec" than the older 16: The 1625S offers a 540kg (11, payload advantage over its s lemate.
The 38-tonne 16255 is a' able only in 3m (118in) wh base form, with either th (day) or M (sleeper) cab.
With the same 3m wheelb the Sand M-cabbed 40-to 1628S models are expecte( tare out at 6250 and 64: (6 tons 3cwt and 6 tons 61/2 respectively.
Mercedes' more spacioui type sleeper cab is also avail. on the 1628S, but only on thE and 3.5m (126 and 138in) wh base versions. Provisio weights are 6470 and 6511 tons 71/2cwt and 6 tons 81/4 respectively.
Minor refinements on SM-versions of the new-gen tion cab include improved so insulation and relocation of parking brake control on facia.
Prices for the 1625S and 16 vary with cab type and wh base, ranging from E25,440 the S-cab 1625S to £29,500 the L-cab 1628S.