Berliet GLR

The Berliet GLR was a medium tonnage truck with a semi-forward cab, presented by Berliet at the Paris motor show in October 1949 and built until 1977. It was approved at 13.5 tonnes gross weight and finished its career 27 years later at 19 tonnes. The GLR 8 of the launch had an eight litre Ricardo Comet III diesel engine, compressed air brakes, recirculating ball steering and a new all steel monocoque cab with rounded wings and bonnet, nicknamed the round nose. The GLR belonged to a modular family with the GLC and the heavier GLM, which grew into the long bonneted site trucks up to the GBH 12 6x4 with three axles, and common parts were shared across the range. Fitted with a flatbed, tank, tipper or van body, more than 100,000 trucks of the GLC, GLR and GLM range were built, and in France the GLR was voted truck of the 20th century in 1994.