IVECO Motohome bases are booming in Australia
Australian motorhome buyers are increasingly opting for Iveco Daily-based platforms as their vehicle of choice for extended travel across Australia. According to local importer Iveco Australia, sal...
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RobertRyan wrote:ROBERTSUNRUS wrote:
:) Hi, these trucks look like a Chevrolet van with a melted hood.
Very very different though, maximum GVWR is 15,000lbs GCVWR is 23,750lbs
Those GVWRs appear only a little higher than those of the venerable Chevy 4500 and Ford E450 trucks chassis used here in the U.S. under many Class C motorhomes.
For the life of me, I don't see how 200HP could adequately haul around that much weight in, say, the Canadian or U.S. Rockies. Horsepower is horsepower, and diesel horsepower is no different than gas horsepower - assuming that the designers put the right gear ratios into tansmissions and differentials in order to transform crankshaft torque into drive axle torque.
Maybe Iveco Daily RV drivers are happy with going slower overall, than North American RV drivers?
