Friday, Jul 01, 2016 at 00:40
9900Eagle - Unfortunately,
test drives don't show up problems that appear after a period of ownership, and are quite limited in many respects.
In the "Gone Bush" website, the owner states the Iveco 4x4 engine is the same one fitted to the smaller Fuso trucks, and claims this is testament to the engines strength and reliability.
Unfortunately, this is not the case at all. What the true scenario is, is that Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC) is now largely European owned.
Daimler AG owns 89.29% of MFTBC shares and various Mitsubishi group companies own 10.71% of MFTBC shares. MFTBC is an integral part of the Daimler Trucks Division of Daimler AG.
The FUSO trucks are built in Japan, in India, and in Europe.
Daimler chose the Iveco engine for the simple reason it was a convenient European engine, and it is built to EU specs, and EU emission levels.
It's drawing a long bow to say that Daimler AG chose the engine for the Fuso truck line because it was a superior and more robust engine to anything else available.
The engine in the Iveco 4x4 is known as the SOFIM engine. The Sofim - (Societa Franco Italiana Motori) was originally a joint diesel engine enterprise established between Fiat, Saviem (Renault) and Alfa Romeo on the 13th of September 1974 - and this company was bought by Iveco in 1981.
The SOFIM manufacturing plant is located in Foggia in Southern Italy, and today, is Fiat Powertrain Technologies largest engine plant.
Cheers, Ron.
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