The Fuso’s powertrain is controlled by an Eaton FS8209 9-speed synchromesh transmission. The Fuso Fighter has a 7.5-litre six-cylinder engine that lays down 199kW of power at 2,600rpm and 785Nm of torque at 1,400rpm. There is also a family resemblance to other Fuso trucks thanks to the ‘happy face’ grille and two-piece air intake in the all-steel front bumper. They’ve gone for a new headlight design, incorporating an expanded quadrilateral shape in place of the previous horizontal lamps, topped by rectangular clear-lens indicators.
Having said that, the Fuso designers have done their bit to personalise the Fighter. But it would be nice to see a little variation in cab design, if only to give the aerodynamicists a chance to prove themselves. Of course Fuso is not the only company facing this dilemma so it is unfair to target it specifically. The frontal appearance lets it down - there are only so many ways you can draw a cab-over before it starts to look like all the other trucks on the road. What’s more, it’s not a particularly attractive one. Yep, it’s another a cabover more despair for those who long for the bonneted rigid. What followed was a terrific real-world insight into the pitfalls of daily operations, with a selection of queues, difficult driveways and keeping the customer satisfied, and one which really showed the strengths and weaknesses of the Fighter in a way that only daily driving can. To find out just how the Fighter 14.0 works in the real world of route delivery, Toll IPEC offered one of their drivers a day in the passenger seat, allowing ATN to take the Fighter into battle. They get in and do the job, without making a huge fuss along the way.īut then the ‘big unknown’ arrived in the shape of ADR 80/02 and everyone began to wonder if the company best known for its ‘not so squeezy’ small trucks would still be able to compete in the big end of town. It is nevertheless the perfect description for Fuso’s Fighter range. A popular and probably overused phrase is to describe someone or something as a ‘quiet achiever’.
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