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Leyland Boxer
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Consistent
THE RESTYLED G-cab for the middleweight Leylands was announced at the Amsterdam Show earlier this year. Our first chance to try it at first hand came with the test of the Boxer BX1325 which grossed 13.4 tonnes (13 tons 4cwt). Fitted with a 6.7m (22ft) flat platform body from Craven Tasker, the Boxer carried a payload of just under 9 tons.
The Boxer was very consistent with its use of fuel,
achieving 20.8 lit 100km (13.6mpg) on motorway class roads and 21.2 lit 100km (13.3 mpg) on A-roads. As with the Ford, a disappointing feature of the Boxer test was a poor braking performance with the vehicle taking over 120ft to stop from 40mph. This was later found to be due to contamination of the brake fluid in the air/hydraulic system.
The major criticism of the Boxer was the fact that tilting the cab means disconnecting the steering and removing a could of bolts. On this score, the. Boxer falls behind the opposition.