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Letech LE463: a light commercial vehicle with an eight-cylinder, 4,966 cc engine and an exceptionally high payload of around 1,400 kg, built in 2010
The LE463 from 2010, with a gross vehicle weight of 3,100 kg, falls into EU class N1 and can be driven in Europe on a category B licence. Notable is the combination of a large-displacement eight-cylinder engine with a comparatively light chassis, more typically found on converted pick-up-based vehicles.
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The LE463 is powered by an eight-cylinder engine with a displacement of 4,966 cc. Against the gross vehicle weight of 3,100 kg stands a kerb weight of only 1,700 kg, giving an exceptionally high payload of around 1,400 kg. The wheelbase is 2,870 mm and the width 1,900 mm. The ratio of kerb weight to payload is unusually favourable for a vehicle in this class.
Such a high share of payload within the gross vehicle weight points to a vehicle deliberately designed for maximum load rather than comfort or range, often found on vehicles with a simple, light chassis and a powerful engine built to run under full load. Class N1 allows operation on an ordinary car licence, as long as the 3,500 kg threshold is not exceeded.
Buying a vehicle with this weight-to-power ratio, checking suspension and brakes is worthwhile, as they see heavy strain when the high payload is regularly used, along with checking the eight-cylinder engine for oil consumption and cooling performance under load. The frame and load floor should be examined for deformation from overloading, since a vehicle with such a high payload is often used to its limit in practice.
Sources: SpecCodex-Register: Kennwerte des Modells Letech LE463
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