Direct Replacement

Mark Gredzinski looks into the working life of the Volvo FL7.

- Mark Gredzinski

Volvo had established itself nicely at the lighter end of the heavyweight truck market with the F7 range. This was a popular model but having been around since the mid-seventies it was due for replacement in the next decade. It would have been easy to produce perhaps a re-skinned F7 cab but instead, Volvo boldly altered the concept to manufacture a brand new lower and broader cab. This became the FL7 line of tractors.

Also, using the same structure, the FL10 range arrived as a more powerful alternative using a 10-litre 318bhp diesel (from the bigger Volvo F10 tractors), which I’ll look at later.