Heuliez VLH 4x4

The Heuliez VLH 4x4 was a little-known French utility four-wheel drive built in very small numbers in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was developed primarily for state use and served the Gendarmerie nationale, firefighters, the French Army and the departmental equipment directorates rather than private buyers. Its mechanical roots lie in the Cournil 4x4 of 1960, which the Portuguese firm UMM licensed and developed into the Alter, and the VLH kept the body-on-chassis design with leaf-sprung live axles and a dual-range transfer case. Heuliez fitted a Peugeot Indenor XD3P 2.5 litre diesel rated at 76 bhp with a five-speed manual gearbox and selectable four-wheel drive, with a claimed top speed of 120 km/h. Roughly twenty examples are reported to have been converted by Heuliez, most with canvas tops and sparse interiors.