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Cheetah Fastback
20 May 2010
Posted by: John Cartwright, Director
After months of development the Cheetah Fastback is one of the most exciting trailers we have produced.

The idea and design comes direct from listening to our customer's requirements for a trailer that helps reduce carbon emissions and escalating fuel costs, whilst dimensionally being able to operate in a general fleet.

The Fastback features a straight line conventional roof at the front of the trailer, with the rear fifty percent of the trailer roof tapered.

This corresponds to the chassis 'wedge' design, which enables us to maintain internal cubic capacity.

The trailer is available as van, curtainsider or fridge design.

When presented on a loading bay the high lift air suspension of the trailer is automatically lifted to suit the loading bay height by a simple push/pull valve in the rear frame.

A new side guard design has also been fitted, keeping to the original Cheetah test principals of letting the air flow under the chassis and out through the rear.

All the latest design improvements on the Fastback are a net result of our new in house 'CFD' (computational fluid dynamics) programme.

This new design tool for trailer and bodywork design, utilising 'CFD' is extremely exciting. The Fastback is the first product result, but other products and innovations are to follow as we endeavour to design and manufacture low carbon, energy efficient road transport products.

Posted 20/05/2010 15:46:00