The Massif vehicle and the industry sector in which it competes is new to Iveco. Today Iveco offers customers in this important niche products and services that fill the entire range of their customers’ needs. When commercial vehicles are required to go off road in the most arduous of conditions – both weather and terrain – it is never just to supply equipment: there are people in that vehicle, too. Iveco’s all-wheel-drive products – Trakker, Eurocargo 4x4 and Daily 4x4 – handle this task perfectly. And Massif completes this range, being able to take the crew required to do the work, together with their tools.
Cab and chassis features
All Massif versions are mounted on a separate chassis with axles mounted on parabolic leaf springs. This is a no-compromise solution: a separate chassis ensures the high structural stresses incurred during serious off road applications are not carried into the body structure to the extent that body durability is compromised. The road springs assist axle location and body suspension without the need for extra drive- and braking-force reaction members or axle location links to the vehicle chassis.
Giugiaro style
Massif bears the Iveco family appearance with its radiator grille. Body styles are available in 3 and 5-door station wagons, a pick-up with integrated load carrying area, and a chassis cab only version for third party body mounting. The separate chassis provides for passenger/load compartment body mounting, and driven front and rear drive axle mounting connected to the remote transfer box.
The external body appearance reflects Giugiaro styling in a highly functional manner, reflecting the serious off road mission of Massif. Scuff resistant body parts around the wheel arches, lower door panels and around the rear light units recognise that the vehicle will obviously be used to travel on terrain that will deliver bumps and scrapes aplenty, as you would expect on a serious off-road mission. For customers who would wish to have the vehicle’s capabilities less obvious, the plastic parts and roof are available in the same colour as the body Tinted windows to the rear of the driver’s compartment and aluminium wheels are all available to complete the picture.
Interior enhancements such as cloth or leather seat covering materials are available, as is a leather-covered steering wheel rim. For missions where severe (pressure hose) cleaning of the cab interior is required, there are variants with highly-resistant rubber floor mats and vinyl seat covering.
Radio/CD player and satellite navigation systems are available to order. Seat availability is matched to body type; the chassis cab and pick-up versions are available only with the standard driver and single passenger seat, the 3-door station wagon has a 4-seat (2+2) layout with the simple 2 seating rows option and the 5-door station wagon has a 5-seat (2+3) layout with the simple 2 seating rows option or a 7-seat (2+3+2) option.
State of the art engines
At the heart of Massif is the FPT 3.0 litre HPI engine derived from the Daily range. This 4 cylinder, 16 valve turbocharged Diesel engine with high pressure common rail fuel injection system is very much state of the art, providing excellent fuel economy and performance. A maximum of 350 Nm of torque is available over an engine speed range of 1400 – 2800 revs/min. The maximum power of 146 Cv is provided at engine speeds from 3000 – 3500 revs/min. The engine is certified to the Euro 4 exhaust emissions requirements using exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) to control combustion-generated NOx and an oxidising catalyst to fully oxidise all exhaust gas components. Massif is also available with the 3.0 litre HPT engine, equipped with a variable geometry turbocharger with a rated power of 176 Cv at an engine speed of 3200 - 3500 rev/min and a maximum torque of 400 Nm at 1250 - 3000 rev/min; a power unit unique in its category.
Transmission and transfer Box
The ZF 6S400 overdrive 6-speed transmission is coupled to the remote-mounted Santana transfer box, providing either 4x2 or 4x4 traction. In high range the drive is to the rear wheels only, unless the specific selector is set to 4-wheel-drive. Selecting low range automatically engages 4-wheel-drive. The transfer box is not equipped with a differential facility and so, under 4-wheel-drive conditions, loss of adherence by either the front or rear wheels does not result in loss of traction. In addition an optional rear axle differential lock is available, as is an automatic front hub freewheel facility which reduces transmission wind-up when 4-wheel-drive is used on firm surfaces. The transmission in combination with the transfer box provides for 12 forward gear ratios and 2 reverse gear ratios.
ZF 6S400 |
Gear 1 |
Gear 2 |
Gear 3 |
Gear 4 |
Gear 5 |
Gear 6 |
Reverse |
Transmission ratios |
5.373:1 |
3.154:1 |
2.041:1 |
1.365:1 |
1.000:1 |
0.791:1 |
4.838:1 |
Transfer box |
High |
Low |
Transfer box ratio |
1.003:1 |
2.300:1 |
Front and rear driven axles
Beam drive axles are used both front and rear and have a common final drive ratio of 3.909:1. The final drive gearing used on the front axle is helicoidal whereas that on the rear axle is a hypoid gear set in order to provide improved ground clearance for the centrally-mounted drive shaft.
Wheels and tyres The standard version comes with 235/85R16 all-terrain tyres. Off-road tyres mounted on steel wheel rims are available as an option, as are aluminium wheel rims.
Suspension system Parabolic leaf springs are used for the front and rear axles, performing the dual role of chassis suspension and drive axle location. This relatively simple suspension layout provides for better drive and braking torque reactions without the need for extra links and bracketry, a definite plus for the serious off-road vehicle. Double action hydraulic dampers are used for the front axle and double action gas dampers are used for the rear, and anti-roll stabiliser bars are fitted front and rear.
Maximum front and rear axle plated masses are 1072 kg and 2150 kg respectively; plated vehicle mass is 3050 kg.
Braking system
A double ‘H’ hydraulic circuit with vacuum servo-assistance is used to actuate ventilated disc brakes on the front axle and simple discs on the rear axle. The parking brake is a cable-actuated drum brake mounted on the transmission transfer box and therefore giving the advantage of the park brake torque with a multiplication factor equal to the drive axle ratio. Mechanical brake force distribution is used for all models when the vehicle is under 4-wheel-drive operation, and the optional Antilock Brake System (ABS) provides an electronic brake force distribution under 4x2 driving conditions. The ABS can be deactivated for certain off-road conditions
Technical specifications
Model |
Massif |
Version |
SW 5D |
SW 3D |
Pick-up |
Chassis cab |
Wheelbase (mm) |
2768 |
2452 |
2768 |
2768 |
Overall length (mm) |
4720 |
4248 |
4548 |
4445 |
Overall width (mm) |
1750 |
Overall height (mm) |
2050 |
2000 |
Approach angle |
50° |
Ramp angle |
24° |
33° |
24° |
24° |
Departure angle |
30° |
34° |
30° |
30° |
Gradeability |
100% |
Side slope |
40° |
Fording depth (mm) |
500 |
Ground clearance (mm) |
200 |
Gross vehicle mass (kg) |
3050 |
2650 |
3050 |
3050 |
Kerb mass (kg) |
2140 |
2050 |
1950 |
1860 |
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Engine specifications
Model |
3.0 HPI |
3.0 HPT |
Rated power (kW / Cv) |
107 / 146 |
130 / 176 |
Engine speed at P max (rev/min) |
3000 – 3500 |
3200 – 3500 |
Max torque (Nm) |
350 |
400 |
Engine speed at T max (rev/min) |
1400 - 2800 |
1250 - 3000 |
