Magirus-Deutz MK series

Magirus-Deutz
Magirus-Deutz 130M8 as a powder fire engine
MK series
Manufacturer:	Magirus-Deutz
Sales designation:	MK
Production period:	1975-1992
Previous model:	Magirus-Deutz Eicher types
Successor:	Iveco Eurocargo
Technical specifications
Engines:	Air-cooled Deutz engines : F4L913, F6L913, BF6L913, BF4L913T, BF6L913T
Power:	64-168 kW
Payload:	3–9 t
Perm. Total weight:	6.6-11 t

The MK series is a family of commercial vehicles that was brought onto the market in 1975 by the German commercial vehicle manufacturer Magirus-Deutz as part of the so-called four-man club in the lower to medium payload range . In the same year, 1975, Magirus-Deutz was incorporated into the newly created Iveco group, which discontinued the Magirus-Deutz brand in the early 1980s, but continued to build the MK series (then under the name Iveco) until 1992. MK is short for M edium k leave. The vehicles of the MK series were by air cooled Deutz - diesel driven. The available engine outputs were between 87 and 169 hp, the payloads between 3.21 and 9.07 tons.

Development and market launch at Magirus-Deutz

Because the Eicher models by Magirus-Deutz, which had been built since 1967 , were weak in sales before the end of their production in 1976, Magirus-Deutz lacked competitive light to medium-weight trucks in the early 1970s. That is why Magirus-Deutz worked together with DAF , Saviem and Volvo in the so-called four-man club from 1971 to jointly develop a new design with a forward control cab.

Magirus-Deutz vehicles came onto the market at the beginning of 1975 after the trucks developed jointly by the four partners had been presented to the public at the Brussels Motor Show. Important components were identical across all manufacturers, especially the driver's cab. The design of the grille and the engine were individual. Magirus-Deutz was the only manufacturer involved to install air-cooled engines in its vehicles (see also the list of Deutz engines ) . Chassis for various bodies such as dump trucks, tractor units and, like its predecessor, a beverage transporter with a central tubular frame were offered. The four-man club vehicles were the first trucks in the light weight class in Germany to be equipped with a tipping cab. This also attracted customers from other manufacturers to Magirus-Deutz, since, for example, MAN did not bring a tilting cab onto the market until 1979 in cooperation with VW and Daimler-Benz .

In 1980 the four-person club vehicles from Magirus-Deutz underwent a facelift in which the radiator grille was given finer ribs and the driver's cab was given a new interior. In addition, the indicators were placed in the bumper, which was then made of plastic. An all-wheel-drive variant of the four-man club vehicle was supposed to offer competition to the Unimog from Mercedes-Benz , but this only succeeded with moderate success. A large contingent of around 7,000 units of the 168M11 and 110-17 types went to the German Armed Forces as "5t tmil trucks" from 1980 . For the first time, however, the MK trucks lacked the robustness and stability that Magirus-Deutz is accustomed to: many components that were still made of metal in the previous model were replaced by plastic and the sheet metal was very susceptible to rust, especially in the area of ​​the door entry, but that was not the case showed in the course of the usage time of the vehicles.

Neoplan built an N311 bus based on the Magirus-Deutz 130M11FL for use in tropical countries.

Continuation and end of production at Iveco

MK series trucks as Iveco Magirus

Iveco Magirus 90-16 Turbo from THW

After the integration of Magirus-Deutz into the Iveco Group and the end of the Magirus-Deutz brand in the early 1980s (see Magirus-Deutz ) , Iveco continued to build the MK models for a long time; Production at Iveco ended in 1992. The brand name on the vehicles changed from “Magirus-Deutz” to “Magirus Iveco” and “Iveco Magirus” in the course of the 1980s and finally to “Iveco”. The models have also been visually revised, e.g. B. In the course of the 1980s , the front indicators migrated to the bumper, which was then made of plastic. The successor was the first Iveco EuroCargo. The four-person club cabin (in an extended version with up to 10 seats) was also available beyond 1992 for THW and fire service vehicles.

After the fall of the Berlin Wall , a four-man club truck from Iveco Magirus was used for the first overland mail transport from the Federal Republic of Germany to the GDR on April 10, 1990 from Braunschweig to Magdeburg. Today the MK series is a rare sight on the German streets. Iveco’s last years of construction are relatively more common. Vehicles of the first years of construction (which still bear the name Magirus-Deutz), on the other hand, have become very rare and are currently achieving classic car status .

Models offered in Germany

Type designations		variants						engine	PS	GGw (t)	Construction period
Magirus-Deutz (until 1982) a	Iveco (from 1982) b	vehicle frame	Dump truck	Beverage transporter c	Sattelzug- machine	Municipal vehicle	Military vehicle
90M6								F4L913	87	6.6	1975-1988
90M7	75-9							F4L913	87	7.5	1975-1983
90M8								F4L913	87	7.5	1977-1982
90M9	90-9							F4L913	87	9.4	1975-1983
130M7	75-13							F6L913	130	7.5	1979-1992
130M8	80-13							F6L913	130	7.5	1975-1983
130M8 turbo	80-13 turbo							BF6L913T	130	7.5	1980-1992
130M9	90-13							F6L913	130	9.4	1975-1983
	90-13 turbo							BF6L913T	130	9.4	1983-1991
130M11	110-13							F6L913	130	11.0	1975-1983
	110-13 turbo							BF6L913T	135	11.0	1983-1991
130M13	130-13							F6L913	130	13.0	1975-1983
	130-13 turbo							BF6L913T	130-135	13.0	1983-1991
160M8	80-16 (turbo)							BF6L913	160-169	7.5	1981-1992
160M11	110-16 (turbo)							BF6L913	160-169	11.0	1975-1991
160M13	130-16 (turbo)							BF6L913	160-169	13.0	1975-1991
168M11	110-17							BF6L913	168	11.0	1980-1992

^a The type designation indicates the engine power in HP (before the "M") and the permissible total weight in tons (after the "M").

^b The type designation indicates the engine power in HP divided by 10 (after the "-") and the permissible total weight in tons times 10 (before the "-").

^cBeverage transporter with central tubular frame

Derivatives

Rhein-Bayern used four-person club driver's cabs from Magirus-Deutz and then Iveco for a self-propelled agricultural loader wagon, the so-called Agrobil . From 1978, MK vehicles from Iveco were also offered in the USA under the name "Magirus" (without addition) and equipped with water-cooled Fiat and Unic diesel engines . That was the attempt to enter the American market, on which neither Magirus-Deutz nor Iveco had been active until then. The success was only minor, so that the offer was discontinued after a short time.

Timeline of the Iveco models

Timeline of Iveco trucks offered in Germany since 1975
Weight class	1970s					1980s										1990s										2000s										2010s										2020s
	5	6th	7th	8th	9	0	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	0	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	0	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	0	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	0	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9
Off-road vehicle																																	Massif
Vans and small trucks				Daily I.												Daily II										Daily III						Daily IV					Daily V			Daily VI						Daily VII
	X series, (turbo) zeta
Light to medium-weight trucks																		EuroCargo I											Eurocargo II						Eurocargo III
	MK series (club of four vehicles)
Medium to heavy trucks	D series
			M and T series , TurboTech , TurboStar																EuroStar , EuroTech										Stralis I				Stralis II						Stralis hi-way							S-Way
Construction vehicles			P series																EuroTrakker										Trakker I.					Trakker II
	“Baubullen” hooded wagon, PA series

In 1975 the commercial vehicle manufacturers Fiat , Lancia , OM , Unic and Magirus-Deutz went into Iveco . The table shows the following colors:
models taken over from Magirus-Deutz	models adopted from OM	models derived from Fiat models	models derived from Santana models	models developed by Iveco itself

Web links

Commons : Magirus-Deutz MK  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Information on the Magirus-Deutz MK series from the Magirus Iveco classic car club

See also

• Magirus-Deutz
• Iveco Eurocargo