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2009 launch date for new Volvo FH range
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VOLVO TRUCKS will take the wraps off a new version of the truck range in 2009 to ensure the truck remains towards the top of the European tractor market league table. Senior Volvo sources indicate the vehicle will be a further evolution of the successful product line-up, first launched in 1993, and will focus on improvements to the ride and handling of the truck as well as paying attention to the fit and finish of the cab.
The Volvo Group stable of products in Europe Renault Trucks and Volvo Trucks will be corn pletely revised by 2012 as the company relaunches its truck line-up to meet the Euro-6 engine emissions legislation.
Renault Trucks alone is understood to have earmarked €1.3bn (£875m) to pay for the new truck range.
A common engine platform will be used across the group and the cabs will also benefit from common componentry, although CM understands this will be more than just panel differences Renault and Volvo cabs will share the same floor pan and rear cab wall, but will be free to develop their own cab frames to suit the needs of their different customer bases. Expect to see the first of this new truck family from 2011 onwards.