Four-wheel drive was added to the Canter 20 and 30 series in July 1986. The Japanese Guts changed in October 1997 from on-demand drive with a crawler gear to a permanent system; the eighth generation of 2010 gives standard cabs permanent drive without a crawler and wide cabs part-time drive on a raised frame.
The FG comes as a single cab or a seven-seat crew cab at 4.5 or 6.5 tonnes gross — the later model raised the higher figure from 6 — with a five-speed manual behind the three-litre Euro 5 four. Selecting four-wheel drive means a button on the dash, then getting out to lock the front hubs. It is the standard small expedition-truck base worldwide.
Fuso was part of Mitsubishi Motors from 1963 to 2002 and has been a Daimler Truck company since 2003; it builds in Japan, at Tramagal in Portugal and at Chennai in India.
First 4WD (1986–1997)
1 VEHICLE IN THIS CHAPTEROn-demand drive with a crawler gear, on the Canter 20 and 30.
Registry records · chapter 1
Permanent drive (1997– )
1 VEHICLE IN THIS CHAPTERThe Guts goes permanent; the 2010 generation splits standard and wide cabs.
Registry records · chapter 2
The expedition base (2010– )
1 VEHICLE IN THIS CHAPTERSingle cab or seven-seat crew cab, 4.5 or 6.5 tonnes.
Registry records · chapter 3
Base models
The structural configurations the registry and the Creator build from; each page carries the researched specification.Sources
- Mitsubishi Fuso Canter — Wikipedia
- Fuso Canter 4x4 — Outback Travel Australia
- Fuso Canter 4X4 review — 4X4 Australia