Arion Hercules 402S Extreme '03
Striking sports truck built specially for the US market.
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Introduced in 1990, the Arion Hercules was a step up for Arion into the American market. It was offered with 3L I6, 5L V8 or the largest V8 Arion had made ever: 8L V8. It was somewhat well-received, though the “smaller” I6 was more popular in the UK than USA.
For the year of 1999, a new special edition was released: Hercules 402S Extreme, a high-performance variant of the 8L V8 powered truck, featuring 402hp, 6-gear manual transmission, lower ride height, side-exhausts, sports bodykit, bonnet, and wing, as well as a geared differential. However later update in 2003 provided a minor boost to horsepower and overall quality.
It was by no means the fastest sport truck around, able to get to 157mph and a 0-60 in 5.7s was still quite astonishing for a close to 2-ton truck. Even as a sports truck, it could still haul 2221kg of load weight, and 1700kg of towing weight, whilst also achieving just under 16mpg (UK).
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(Collab with @AndiD for engineering!)
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