1 SDP TOPICAL PRODUCT OF THE QUARTER A Middle-Wei ht Boxes Throu h hese medium-weight lorries are the result of decades of experience and the most modern research in truck-construction, a class for themselves. With their well-tried engines-136, 177 or 210 HP-the middle-weights are Steyr's best horse in Great Britain and Belgium; in Switzerland half of the market, and in the Netherlands on the upcomers list. Quite apart from in Austria itself. lt goes without saying that the engines operate on the super-economical and environmentally friendly HPCE method developed by Steyr. The driver's cabin provides a standard of comfort equivalent to that of a private car and ensures fatigue-less driving. This is an additional security factor, alongside electronic They are the most modern medium-weight vehicles in Europe, real "runners" in the 9- 16 ton class: the Steyr Midd le-Weighters. check-control, which gives advance warning of problems and informs the driver constantly about his vehicle. The most amazing feature, though, is the "Noise Packet". This unparalleled optional equipment (at an unbeatable price of only Austrian Schillings 15,000) reduces the driving noise of the middleweighters to 78 dß(A) This means that the noise limitation decreed for lorries in Austria from 1989 (83 dB) will be appreciably undercut. The whispering lorries of Steyr are therefore those which are exempted from the night-time driving prohibition in Salzburg. 3
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