Ford Cargo
| Ford Cargo | |
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| Overview | |
| Also called | Freightliner/Sterling Cargo Ashok Leyland Stallion |
| Production | 1981–present |
| Assembly | Langley, Berkshire, UK |
| Designer | Patrick Le Quément |
| Body and chassis | |
| Body style | Cabover |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor |
Ford Transcontinental Ford C-Series (North America) Ford D-series (UK) Ford N-Series (Australasia) |
| Successor |
Ford LCF (North America) Iveco Eurocargo (Great Britain) |
The Ford Cargo is a forward control (cab-over-engine) truck model that is manufactured by Ford. Designed by Ford of Britain as the successor to the larger Ford Transcontinental cabover, the Cargo entered production in 1981. In 1986, the Cargo entered the United States market as a successor to the long-running Ford C-Series.
Following the 1986 sale of the commercial vehicle division of Ford of Europe to Iveco, the Ford Cargo was sold in Europe as an Iveco Ford to 1991, when it was updated, becoming the Iveco Eurocargo.
The 1981 Ford Cargo was styled od by Patrick Le Quément, designer of the Ford Sierra and the later Renault Twingo. A distinguishing feature of the original design is quarter windows that extend down nearly to floor level (also seen in the Volvo FL) for drivers in urban locations, the design was intended to better show pathways and blindspots while parking.
With the demise of the Ford Transcontinental heavy truck range in 1983, British Ford introduced a range of heavyweight Cargo tractor units ranging from 28- to 38-tonnes gcw. The 38-tonners were powered by the Cummins L10 while those at 28- and 32-tonnes had Perkins, Cummins, or air-cooled Deutz diesels. The 7.49 tonne Cargos (which did not require an HGV licence in the UK) had Dorset and Dover fours or sixes, starting with a 89 bhp (66 kW) unit in the 0809. The Dover six-cylinder engines were mounted at a slant in the Cargo.
In 1986, Ford sold its European truck operations to the Italian Iveco group and subsequent vehicles have been badged Iveco Ford. After the recession in the 1990s, Iveco rationalised its production operations, overlooked by Keith Stanley Jones (Production Engineering Manager). Its Langley plant closed in October 1997, bringing British Iveco/Ford truck production to an end.
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