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The Italian actor-director Terence Hill,
best known as Mario Girotti for his films
with Bud Spencer and, over the last decade,
for the television series Don Matteo, is
behind the wheel of Iveco's imposing LMV for
a new TV series storyline. |
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The Italian
actor-director Terence Hill, best known as Mario Girotti
for his films with Bud Spencer and, over the last
decade, for the television series Don Matteo, is behind
the wheel of Iveco's imposing LMV for a new TV series
storyline.
He is, in fact, currently working in the Alta Val
Pusteria in South Tyrol, on the new television series
"Un passo dal cielo” (One step from Heaven), starring
Terence Hill and Katia Ricciarelli, in which the popular
Venetian actor, deprived of his habit, takes on the role
of a commander in the Forestry Corps. A lonely man, a
bit 'rough’, a former mountain climber who, during the
twelve episodes of the series, halfway between thriller
and comedy, helps a young policeman to unmask the
perpetrators of the crimes committed in the area.
To accompany Terence Hill in his adventures in the
magical scenery of the Dolomites is Iveco's LMV. The
choice was certainly based on the high mobility
characteristics and the outstanding off-road
performance - the vehicle can scale gradients of 60%,
wade watercourses up to five feet deep and travel
on-road at speeds of up to 130 km/hr. - without
forgetting that the factory where the vehicle is
designed and assembled by Iveco Defence Vehicles is
located in Bolzano, known as the gateway to the South
Tyrol.
The Light Multirole Vehicle (LMV), flag-ship of the
Iveco production centre in Bolzano, is based on many
aspects of sophisticated technology whose strengths are
the excellent characteristics of mobility and high
occupant safety under extreme off-road conditions.
The vehicle is equipped with a common rail diesel engine
with a power of 190 hp, connected to a 6-speed automatic
transmission with hydrodynamic torque converter and a
two-speed transfer case installed with the rear axle
differential. Braking is by air over hydraulic disc
brakes on all wheels. Independent front and rear
suspension, axle weight distribution and optimised front
/ rear drive torque distribution ensure class leading
off-road mobility for this vehicle.
The vehicle concept is modular: features may be added
depending on customer needs so adapting it for its many
different uses, namely passenger, pickup, ambulance, to
name but a few. The LMV has high reliability combined
with an economic maintenance regime, so reducing the
logistical support and the operational management costs
required.
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