The Roman range was based on MAN/Savien technology, but built under licence in Romania. Despite this rather uninspiring advertising campaign the trucks did relatively well in Blighty. By the mid 1970s I am reliably informed that they were a relatively common site on British roads.
I presume the trucks were sold through MAN's dealer network?
Richard Satnier says: "Yes they were sold through the MAN network and they were produced under a direct license from MAN. They featured locally made versions of the MAN/Saviem cab and MAN D21 engines which were also built in house. Like Chris I don't recall them being relatively common, in fact they always stood out to me as being unusual, and 30 years ago MAN's weren't that common either.
The manufacturer of these vehicles, DAC, are still producing trucks and buses now, and some still feature an updated version of the old MAN cab."
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I've no idea how many were sold, but I don't remember them being "relatively common" on the roads though
Posted by Chris Gardner | November 22, 2007 12:54 PM
Posted on November 22, 2007 12:54
Yes they were sold through the MAN network and they were produced under a direct license from MAN. They featured locally made versions of the MAN/Saviem cab and MAN D21 engines which were also built in house. Like Chris I don't recall them being relatively common, in fact they always stood out to me as being unusual, and 30 years ago MAN's weren't that common either.
The manufacturer of these vehicles, DAC, are still producing trucks and buses now, and some still feature an updated version of the old MAN cab.
Posted by Richard Stanier | November 22, 2007 5:34 PM
Posted on November 22, 2007 17:34