Low-floor chassis conversion
AL-KO Kober, the manufacturer of vehicle chassis systems for the automotive, commercial and leisure industries, has been working in partnership with Manchester-based commercial vehicle bodybuilders Alloy Bodies to create the HiLo, a new, low-floor ‘Aero Luton’ conversion based on the Citroen Relay ‘back-to-back’ cab.
The Citroen Relay HiLo is the latest addition to the Alloy Bodies range and is suitable for manually-handled loads in a multi-drop environment. By adopting a low-floor AL-KO Kober chassis conversion to create a Luton-style commercial vehicle, the HiLo offers a range-topping 1,335Kg payload, increases volume by approximately 1.5 cubic metres, provides easy access and offers a low centre of gravity to improve on-road stability.
Alloy Bodies' business development manager Anthony Clayton said: “Our first partnership with AL-KO Kober was in 2009 when a commercial vehicle OEM asked us to create a concept using its AL-KO converted chassis. Unfortunately, the concept was eventually shelved by the OEM as it was deemed that demand wasn’t significant enough at that time.
“However, when a UK-based Citroen dealer and customer approached Alloy Bodies and asked that a solution be developed for the ‘back-to-back’ Relay cab, we knew that AL-KO had the best and only solution for the project in the UK.”
