1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170 
ROAD TEST 400 TIPPER
Page 72
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
particularly like the adjustable delay on the wiper switch.
• SUMMARY
When we tested the Land Rover-engined Sherpa 350 van we liked it in spite of its shortcomings. There was something loyal and unburstable about the vehicle, even if it couldn't manage all of its tasks as well as the opposition.
The Peugeot-engined Sherpas (whoops) are almost victims of their own hyperbole. We expected so much, but found so little. All the old faults are there in the chassis: the heart-bursting steering weight, the bouncy ride, and the ugly cab. All these things we expected to see in the new vehicles: after all, Leyland Daf had only changed the engine. But the naturallyaspirated engine is not much of an improvement on the old, and the gearbox is immeasurably worse.
Politically, Leyland Daf had few choices in its supplier of engines apart from Peugeot Citroen, or the Japanese, but did it make the right choice? Land Rover now has the Gemini direct-injection engine, which in charge-cooled form provides plenty of power and boundless torque. Would this engine have been worth waiting for?
Perhaps the biggest question is how much Peugeot is charging Leyland Daf for these engines? Ford has used Peugeot engines in the Sierra cars for some time, but the Anglo-American giant has been unhappy with the price, and fmally developed its own alternative. Will Leyland Daf ultimately follow suit?
The little tipper is an unexciting vehicle designed for some fairly unexciting tasks, but unlike its likeable predecessor, this one has a heart of stone.
by Andrew English