Fuso has unveiled its new Fuso FE180 petrol-powered cabover truck. This extension of petrol-powered trucks offered by Fuso and exclusively for the North America marks the FE GAS series as the new standard in work trucks.

This truck‘s design provides power and performance, allowing for increased payload for truck owners needing a boost from the market‘s traditional class 4 offerings in petrol-powered trucks. The demand for petrol-powered trucks continues to increase year-over-year according to industry data, and expanding the offering gives customers greater options.

“We understand from our research that many diesel class 5 truck owner want increased power, allowing for more payload,” says Justin Palmer, president and CEO, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America. “Later this year, customers will have this option when our new FE180 GAS comes to dealerships.”

Fuso developed this new truck with the understanding that petrol-powered trucks are shifting the industry norm from diesel to the new standard of petrol. The truck is powered by a GM 6.0L, V8 engine delivering 297 HP and 361 lb/ft. of torque. The powerful engine is combined with a commercial-grade Allison 1000 Series transmission fuelling the power to haul more. The transmission is PTO-capable. Fuso includes the FuelSense 2.0 featuring DynActive Shifting from Allison that can provide a 2% to 6% improvement in fuel economy.

Very similar to the FE GAS class 4 trucks introduced by Fuso last year, the FE180 GAS includes many standard features. Fuso added 19.5” tyres as standard to the FE180 GAS, meeting a common request from fleet customers.

The entire FE GAS series, including the new FE180 GAS, are built at Freightliner Customer Chassis Corporation (FCCC), a Daimler Truck plant in Gaffney, South Carolina. The petrol-powered truck is made in the US with domestic and imported parts and is the only Fuso product produced domestically.