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• The Volvo Highlander was well matched with the lveco

2nd November 1995
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in terms of power and GVW and, like the Cargo, featured a production cab mounted higher than its mainstream stablemates. There were other similarities too: both use a six-speed gearbox mated to a two.speed transfer box to give a good spread of ratios for on and off-road use.

The highlander adopted a different approach, however. Where the Cargo had its four wheels permanently driven, the Volvo only drove the front wheels when in high range. This meant that engaging four-wheel drive gave no choice of high or low range, which might favour off-road work rather than onroad gritting duties.

It came with front and rear cross-locks but no inter-axle diff-lock. Given its restriction to low range only for four-wheel drive, this was a surprising omission. There were separate switches for the front and rear difflocks, but the Highlander needed to be virwally at. rest to engage them, and the clutch needed to be used too.

The engine was a willing performer, pulling well from low revs up the steepest slopes on the Bagshot alpine course. Perhaps this was no surprise as the Cargo managed the same slopes in high range. Restricted to low ratio as we were, the Highlander felt as though it would have happily climbed Bagshot's steepest gradients all day, helped by the engine's comparatively free-revving nature (in fact we needed to keep an eye on the rev counter, particularly when using the exhaust brake on descents). The Highlander's ride was civilised too: not as good as the Cargo's, but acceptable.

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