BEST 'ERGO' ?

Carryfast:

bma.finland:
the g volvo was not liked by drivers becouse of the axle montage 30cm foward whit short elliptic springs did the motor bumpy ,just a tought about US specs in europe ,cheers benkku

There’s a difference between a totally British designed and built truck just using American ‘influenced’ cab design built on a British chassis as opposed to a British built American truck using American cab and chassis design.The 3 VTG project seemed to have been a case of the former not the latter. :bulb:

As I’ve said putting the 3 VTG cab on the Crusader chassis maybe using the 700 fixed head and TL12,assuming that they could have been developed to be competitive,or using outsourced Rolls and ■■■■■■■ options if not,probably would have been a more competitive product that the Marathon was.It’s obvious that the money wasted on development and fixing the ‘issues’ concerning both the 500 engine and the ERGO cab set Leyland back to a level against it’s competition which could never be made up.

How on earth did the ergo set Leyland back when it was streets ahead of its rivals when introduced in `64,what set Leyland back was not improving it until its demise in 1980.It was the same basic design with a few modifications in the 16 years it was built thats what let it down it was never improved.Which of course leads to the question ,if it was so bad why did they sell so many and history shows they sold thousands .
Putting a concept cab on a Crusader chassis and then fitting a concept engine into it?The cab was a test bed they only built one 700 engine you seem to be assuming quite alot here and if this 700 engine was a flop just like the 500 what then.And why would the Crusader chassis be the one to use.Just because Scammell gave the option of a DD engine doesnt make the Crusader a world beater,it was just a motor panels cab sat higher on the chassis