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MAN-VW 6.90 FM of 1984: a light lorry of class N1 from the cooperation between MAN and Volkswagen with a four-cylinder engine, 3,500 kg gross weight, 3,040 kg kerb weight and a wheelbase of 3,600 mm
The 6.90 FM comes from the period when MAN and Volkswagen jointly developed and built light commercial vehicles – a cooperation from which the range also emerged that was sold in parallel as the VW LT and in MAN versions. MAN's type code for these light lorries followed a simple logic: the first number gives the weight class in tonnes, the second the power in metric horsepower – “6.90” therefore stands for a vehicle in the 6-tonne class with about 90 hp.
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The register gives this 1984 vehicle a four-cylinder engine, a gross weight of 3,500 kg and a kerb weight of 3,040 kg, so a payload of about 460 kg. The wheelbase of 3,600 mm and width of 2,300 mm match a compact chassis-with-cab, as was typical for panel van, flatbed or box bodies in this weight class.
With a gross weight of 3.5 tonnes, the 6.90 FM sits in class N1 and could therefore be driven in Europe with the equivalent of today's category B licence, under the transitional rules in force in the 1980s. Vehicles of this generation from the MAN-VW cooperation served mainly trades, last-mile haulage and municipal operations.
When buying a vehicle of this class that is now around forty years old, what counts above all is corrosion on the frame, cab floor and wheel arches, the condition of the braking system and steering, and whether parts for the engine and drivetrain can still be sourced through the independent parts trade, since the MAN and Volkswagen cooperation in this segment ended long ago.
Sources: SpecCodex-Register: Kennwerte des Modells 6.90 FM
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