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Steel-or-air Suspension Battle
• One of Britain's top road transport engineers predicts that steel suspension systems could take over from air suspension as the favoured way to minimise road wear. Speaking at......
Price Increases • Volkswagen Commerical Vehicle Prices...
an average of 2.9% with immediate effect. The Polo now costs . 25,056 (from 24,986); the Transporter now costs £7,131 (S6,833) and the top-of-the-range LT50 turbodiesel LWB......
Lightweight Order • The Rac Has Ordered The First 12
Brirnec lightweight recovery vehicles to come off the production line. Based on the Ford Transit 190 chassis, the one-tonne newcomer features Brimec's Towlift wheel-lift and a......
July Launch For Retarder
• Voith plans to market its small Model 120 CV retarder in Britain soon after production begins in July. The retarder, weighing about 70kg, is aimed at trucks between 7.5 and 20......
V Ith
Retarder 120 A range of automatic transmissions, developed by Voith for the midibus and CV markets, are scheduled for series production in 1991. The Optimate 645, weighing......
Clutch On Show
• MAN is expected to exhibit the ATK automatic dry clutch at this year's Birmingham Motor Show. The ATK, developed by Fichte! and Sachs, has an electronic control box, which......