Turkey might be introducing Euro 4 in 2009, but it’s going to be a while until sights like this become a thing of the past. Check out the plumes of carcinogenic smoke being pumped into the atmosphere as this ageing Mk2 Transit struggles up a hill.
Picture courtesy of CM operations editor Colin Barnett
The Turks may love their Transits, and indeed build both the latest one and the Connect, but they also have a soft spot for the Leyland Daf Convoy – or Levand as maker BMC markets it.
Thanks to Colin for this one too.
Comments (1)
Interesting stuff.
Maybe you should change your references on the Levend model, as it has nothing to do with LDV -it is a BMC. Look at the BMC web site and you can see the cab doors and panels are based on the early CV306 sherpa and not the LDV K2 or MT210 designs. The door is sloped on CV306 and straight on the K2 chassis cab.
It was always slightly wider than the CV306 sherpa.
http://www.bmc.com.tr/eng_levend_60_pickup.asp
It is interesting to note that the grilles and bumper look similar to LDV.
Another interesting situation is that the new BMC Prostar van never was launched at the same time as Maxus with the same VM diesel. Given both companies history, just think of the savings BMC and LDV could have made?
Posted by Neil Curran | July 2, 2007 4:05 PM
Posted on July 2, 2007 16:05