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| Ford Cargo | |
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Ford Motor Company |
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| Production | 1981–2019 |
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| Designer | Patrick Le Quément (First Generation) |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | Class 7 (USA) |
| Body style | Cabover |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | 5.7 Dovertech I6 (1981-2003) 7.3 Ecotorq (2003-2015) 9.0 Ecotorq (2012-2019) 12.7 Ecotorq (2016-2019) |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | variable |
| Length | variable |
| 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) Ford F-Max |
TheFord Cargo is a forward-control (cab-over-engine) truck model manufactured byFord since 1981. Designed byFord of Britain as the successor of theFord Transcontinental heavy commercial tractor, Ford introduced the Cargo to North America for 1986 as a medium-duty truck, intended to replace the long-runningFord C-Series.
Coinciding with the sale of Ford commercial truck production in Europe and North America, the Cargo design has been sold under multiple brands during its production life. In Europe, it was rebranded as an Iveco Ford, later becoming theIveco Eurocargo. In North America, the Cargo was included in the 1997 sale of Ford heavy-truck lines to Freightliner, who marketed it as both a Freightliner and a Sterling through 2007.
Originally produced byFord UK at its Langley facility from 1981 to 1993, the Cargo was also produced byFord Brasil from 1981 to 2019 (the source of US-market production from 1986 to 1990); from 1991 to 1997, the line was produced by Ford by Kentucky Truck Assembly, in Louisville, Kentucky (for North America, replacing Ford Brasil). Current production of the line is sourced fromFord Otosan in Turkey.
The 1981 Ford Cargo was styled byPatrick Le Quément, designer of theFord Sierra and the laterRenault Twingo. The styling of the Cargo intentionally followed the family look of Ford of Europe's car range with the distinctive louvred black "Aeroflow" grille also used on the likes of the Escort III and the Cortina 80, both of which Le Quement had worked on under the leadership ofUwe Bahnsen. Another distinguishing feature of the original design wasquarter windows that extend down nearly to floor level (also seen in theVolvo FL) for drivers in urban locations, the design was intended to better show pathways and blindspots while parking.
With the demise of theFord 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 hadPerkins,Cummins, or air-cooledDeutz diesels. The 7.49 tonne Cargos hadDorset and Dover fours or sixes, starting with a 89 bhp (66 kW) unit in the 0809.[3] The Dover six-cylinder engines were mounted at a slant in the Cargo.[4]
In 1986, Ford sold its European truck operations to the ItalianIveco 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.
The original lightweight Cargo was replaced in 1993 by theIveco Eurocargo range, covering the 7.5-ton to 18-ton GVW range. It was originally only built in Ford'sLangley (Slough) plant, from which about a third of the production was exported to continental Europe. Cargos were also exported to Turkey and to Australia, while panels were supplied to Brazil for local assembly (these Brazilian trucks were also exported to the United States).[2]
Production has expanded since: the model is still made in Argentina (only the Cargo 1722[5] between 1999 and 2000) and Venezuelan (also known as theFord Trader) Ford subsidiaries, Turkey's FordOtosan, and India'sAshok Leyland (as the eComet and as theStallion).
In late 1985, for the 1986 model year, Ford introduced the Cargo as part of its United States commercial truck range.[6] Intended to replace the long-running C-Series cabover (largely unchanged since 1957) the Cargo was gradually phased in alongside its predecessor, slotted below the larger CL-9000 semitractor. Production of the model line was sourced from Brazil, making the Cargo the first American-market commercial Ford truck assembled outside of Louisville, Kentucky.[6] Following the retirement of the C-Series, production of the American-market Cargo was relocated to the Kentucky Truck Plant inLouisville, Kentucky for 1991.
Alongside the larger Louisville/Aeromax, the Cargo was included as part of the 1997 sale of the Ford heavy-truck line to Freightliner, who renamed it the Freightliner FC and Sterling SC Cargo. Production of the Freightliner/Sterling Cargo was relocated to a Freightliner facility in Mt. Holly, North Carolina. Nearly unchanged (except for badging), the FC/SC Cargos were produced through the 2007 model year.
In 2006, Ford introduced theFord LCF as part of its Blue Diamond joint venture withNavistar International. Though not a direct successor to the Cargo (the LCF was a Class 5/6 vehicle, while the Cargo was a Class 6/7 truck), it also shared a low-COE configuration, competing with theIsuzu N-Series, Chevrolet/GMC W-Series, andMitsubishi Fuso Canter. After a poor market response, the LCF (sold by International as the CF/CityStar) was withdrawn after 2009. As of current production, it remains the last COE truck marketed by Ford in North America.
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Rod Chapman won theFIA European Truck Racing Championship in 1985 and 1987 using a modified Cargo, with Gérard Cuynet doing the same in 1988.
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