Troller is a off-road vehicle assembled in Forteleza, Ceara Fortaleza is a nice city, lots of sun, beach, pretty women, dunes and buggies. In 1995, some engineers wanted to replace the VW air-cooled engines. After a study of the Jeep Wrangler, they started a new project, the Troller 4x4, good performance, dunes specialist. Rallye dos Sertoes Champion and debut in the Dakar-Cairo 2000 (with Ford 4.0 V6 engine). Price near US$18,000.

Now, after 4 years, it is a state of art of the machine:

Engine: VW 2.0 OHC gasoline 114CV at 5750rpm and 17,5mkgf;

Body: Fiberglass with rubber supports, 4 seats, canvas, air conditioning;

Chassis: Steel. Conventional;

Axles: Dana (Brazil) 4,88:1; Suspension: Coil Springs;

Power Steering; Disc/Drum brakes; Tyres: 255/75x15

5-speed (Clark) + low range (Borg-Warner) - (3,97/ 2,34/ 1,46/ 1,00/ 0,85 & 1,00/ 2,48);

Wheelbase: 2420mm GVW: 1450kg

A good machine, but expensive (~same a new Toy' Band', used Defender or used Jeep Cherokee Sport). - Julio Florez

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