Currently assessing motorhomes or more to the point the cab chassie there built on. Looking for rear wheel drive and at this stage the Iveco is the only one that provided the full specs on there cab chassie.
Anyone out there got one , would be very interested in what you think of them as a vehicle . Not all that important what or who built the MH part as they are just a flat pack and basically all look the same inside once on the body
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Hi Wombat,I used to drive trucks in the UK a few years ago when IVECO were just starting out.They were a company that had been set up by Fiat,Mercedes,DAF and some others so they could use existing parts from each munufacturer and sell trucks in Europe.
I think they are basically now a manufacturer in their own right.
The trucks are good quality and have a good reputation now.They sell well in Australia and have a good service network.
Out on the open road you will see everything from the small campervan to the big semi's like the Australis.
There are a few manufacturers now building on their chassis and the reports seem favourable.
I drove two different models one was a rigid which was very reliable and extremely fast for it's class and the other was a semi also reliable and not quite as speedy.
I drive an 'A' class MAN RV built on a bus/truck chassis and it is a comparable vehicle to the IVECO.
I have had no problems and have just had mine serviced by a MAN dealer.
I opted for the reccomended synthetic oil which was expensive at $189 for the twenty litre drum of which it took 15 litres so I have five for top up.
It does give me 18 months or twenty thousand K's before next service rather than 12 months and ten thousand K's so I reckon it was worth the extra now.
I would reckon that the Iveco with it's good reputation and good dealer network would be well worth considering.
I am sure there are others here on the forum who would own one and would give first hand advice.
A good friend who is head of the maintenance workshop at a Weipa mine opted for a Mercedes in preference to the Iveco due to the electronics in the Iveco.He could not get service within 500 ks of Weipa,nor was service available in vast areas of the outback,so he refused to take the risk of being stranded somewhere,and then have to physically have the vehicle towed to God knows where to have it plugged in and "diagnosed". Maybe he had a bad experience or heard of one,but he praised the vehicle for its merits,but being too far from civilization so regularly,it was not a risk he was prepared to take. He is more than happy with the Benz though !.
