It also makes sense to offer the DD engine in the Aus and NZ markets as the US manufacturers had plant on the ground out there, meaning parts and service were available. Which wasn’t the case in the UK, until the mid 70s when Bedford started fitting them, which was also a rather unsuccessful enterprise. Which proves the case against using the engine in BL vehicles, with the 500 series and the V8 already a sales disaster, using the DD engines would finished the group long before Daf pulled the plug.
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