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Dur axles for Scania _LOWING in the foots of other

7th March 1975, Page 23
7th March 1975
Page 23
Page 23, 7th March 1975 — Dur axles for Scania _LOWING in the foots of other
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Continental mfacturers, Scania at Britain) I.td has anneed an eight-wheeler gned specifically for the ish market. Based on the 110, the new model is gnated the I.BT 110M and it is at present taring in the UK in otype form only in order pund out the market.

he eight-wheeler is really ree-axle 110 onto which extra steering axle was d in Sweden. The protowill do the rounds of the ff./demonstrator netk for about six months ire Mr Arne Geidler, [aging director of Scania at Britain) -will make a sion on the production ;pects for the model. The power unit for the new 8x4 is the 11-litre (673 cu in) turbocharged DE II producing 202 kW (271 bhp) at 2,200 rpm with a maximum torque of 980m (723 lb ft).

The alloy body is by Edbro (Scotland) Ltd with Edbro 6 EMC front singleram tipping gear with air control.

The length of the body is 6.71 m (22ft). The floor is 6.3m WI in) thick with 4.8m (y, in) sides.

The kerb weight of the eight-wheeler is 11.28 tonnes (11.1 tons).

Work on the prototype was started before the announcement of the Scania Ill and it is expected that production vehicles will be based on the later model.