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II It really hasn't been Maggie's year. Years of dedicated service, a tough and enduring reputation, only to be rewarded with the chop. In comes a younger, smoother replacement, whose noises are calculated to appeal to the toughest EC bureaucrat and are also more acceptable at home.
When Iveco Ford dropped the Magirus badge in favour of "Maggie", it could not have foreseen the fate of its namesake or the parallels between the Iron Lady and the iron heart of its own workhorse. Last year, Deutz announced that it was working on a range of liquid-cooled diesels to be launched in 1992, exactly 50 years after it sold its first air-cooled model. The new engines should enable Deutz to meet the proposed EC diesel emissions standards for exhaust gases and noise — something which the air-cooled design looked unlikely to achieve.
Iveco Ford's choice of replacements is not restricted to alternatives from Deutz; Klackner-Humboldt-Deutz is an external supplier, independant of the Iveco empire. Liquidcooled in-line six cylinder offerings are available from Iveco's engine plant at Bourbon Lancy in France. Products from here already find there way into the TurboTech range, which shares its cab with the Maggie. In many respects the obvious choice would be the 9.5-litre 8460 engine which currently produces up to 234kW (314hp) and 1,250Nm (9221bft) of torque in charge-cooled form.
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Other possibilities include products from the Iveco/Nissan Diesel joint venture. As we recently reported (CM 14-20 March), one of these will be an eight-litre engine producing up to 239kW (320hp), designed specifically for low emissions and higher fuel efficiency.
Unfortunately, these engines are still in the development stage and are not likely to be available for truck applications until the mid-nineties.
For the moment then Maggie is still synonymous with hot air in the 300,32 and 300,34 8 X 4s. It's nearly two years since the revised Maggie range was announced, comprising the 12.7-litre engined 232 and 250kW (315 and 340hp) 300.32 and 300.34 chassis and the now defunct 300.25 model, powered by the old unblown 13.4-litre Deutz diesel, which can no longer meet the tougher exhaust regs introduced last October. Since then CM has made countless attempts to test the latest Maggie, but Iveco Ford has only just made one available to us.
• BODYWORK Our 300.34 is the standard 5.96m wheelbase model. The 15m3 Welford body has a depth of 1.17m and is equipped with Hytec 65SA 2004 tipping gear. We recorded a body/payload allowance of 21.44 tonnes, measured with a full tank of diesel. This means it will carry the same weight as the Scania P93MI. we tested