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Iveco Acco: the Australian cab-over that lasted five decades

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Iveco Acco truck of the City of Kwinana
An Iveco Acco operated by the City of Kwinana, Western Australia. Photo by Orderinchaos, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

The Iveco Acco is a medium and heavy lorry built by Iveco Australia for the local market. The name, short for Australian C-Line Cab Over, has been in use since 1972, when the lorry was made by the local branch of International Harvester and later took the Iveco badge. By 2014 more than 78,000 had been sold.

Iveco Acco at a glance

Iveco Acco key facts
Maker Iveco Australia
Name Australian C-Line Cab Over
First launched 1972, by the Australian branch of International Harvester
Badge Iveco, after the local operation was taken over
Production until 2014 on the original chassis, then a restyled version
Units sold over 78,000 by 2014; the 90,000th built in September 2019
Cab EuroTech style, then the Stralis cab from 2008
Engine Cummins ISC 8.9-litre six, common rail, 280 or 349 hp
Torque 1,085 Nm for the 260 and 285 hp versions, 1,288 Nm for the 315 hp
Transmission Allison automatic with 5, 6 or 13 ratios
Layouts 4×2, 6×4 and 8×4
Successor Euro 6 Acco on the Stralis X-Way chassis, from 2020

Based on one source: the Italian Wikipedia article.

History of the Iveco Acco

The Acco was launched in 1972 with a traditional cab and began a family of lorries that later received the EuroTech cab and, in 2008, the cab of the Stralis. The name comes from the Australian C-Line Cab Over, and the lorry was made by the local branch of International Harvester before it adopted the Iveco badge.

1973 International ACCO truck
A 1973 International ACCO, the lorry that became the Iveco Acco. Photo by Jeremy from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

In 2014 the Acco received a restyling inside and out. The main gain was a choice of 4×2, 6×4 and 8×4 drive layouts together with an electronic stability control system, and the engine range was renewed with Euro 5 units of 8.9 litres and outputs between 284 and 345 hp. The Cummins six is a common-rail design, and the gross weights run from 16.5 tonnes for the two-axle lorry to 30 tonnes for the eight-wheeler.

The 90,000th Acco was built on 25 September 2019 at the Dandenong plant in Australia, and the last Euro 5 Acco with the historic chassis, itself an evolution of the 1972 original, followed on 30 October 2019. At the same time Iveco announced the Euro 6 Acco, based on the locally built Stralis X-Way chassis and planned for the first months of 2020.

Design and features

  • Local design: a lorry developed in Australia for Australian operators, not an imported European model.
  • Long run: the same basic chassis stayed in production from 1972 to 2019.
  • Cummins power: an 8.9-litre common-rail six with up to 349 hp and 1,288 Nm.
  • Many layouts: 4×2, 6×4 and 8×4, with automatic transmissions from Allison.

Iveco Acco versions

  • Early Acco (1972 onwards): International Harvester cab-over with a traditional cab.
  • EuroTech-cab Acco: the family later adopted the EuroTech cab.
  • Stralis-cab Acco (from 2008): the cab of the European Stralis.
  • 2014 restyle: ESC, 4×2, 6×4 and 8×4 layouts and Euro 5 engines of 284 to 345 hp.
  • Euro 6 Acco (from 2020): a new generation on the Stralis X-Way chassis.

The cab of the later Acco came from the EuroTech and then the Stralis. More Iveco lorries are in the Iveco collection.

Sources

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