Facelift for Volvo's F89 cab
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TWO new designs from Volvo will have their debut at the Frankfurt show next week. One is an improved cab for the heaviest truck from the forward control range and the other is a cross-country vehicle for civil application.
Great efforts have evidently been made to decrease the noise level inside the F89 cab with the addition of asphalt matting baked on to the cab floor and over the engine cowl. Damping compound in I has been applied to the it roof and rear wall of the and the new upholstery m rials have been selected to] vide improved sound ins Lion.
One long-awaited imprE ment to the cab has been ni with the provision of e trically operated windscr wipers to replace the old operated type.
An electrically heated r view mirror is now stanc fitting. A compartment for driver's documents has b fitted on the engine cowl wl doubles up as a table.
The cross-country vet] was originally produced for Swedish defence authorit The civil version will be al, able in two-axle and three-E configuration with a payloal approximately 2.7 tons.
Both the twoand three-1 models have all-wheel-d and the power unit is the Vt Six-cylinder B30 petrol ent which develops 93kW (125b DIN. The sump is fitted v surge plates to enable the vi cle to climb steep gradiE without loss of lubrication.
All variants have a fc speed gearbox in conjunct with a low/high auxiliary u When low ratio is selected I automatically engages drive to the front wheels.