Talk:List of Low Cab Forward trucks

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I am not a native English speaker and not familiar with the respective terms worldwide. But to my impression this article was created based on one single source and the sole reason that Isuzu used this term in its advertising resp. web page. Both Cab over and Cab forward exist, thus this here is redundant. In a Low cab forward truck I would expect something like a Mercedes-Benz Econic, but this is even not listed here. The Renault Magnum has a very high cab which was first with a flat floor in Europe, clearly a "High cab forward". But many trucks can be ordered with different cabins like the Mercedes-Benz Atego with 3 different heights to choose from, thus is it a low or a high cab forward? --Wolle1303 (talk) 20:34, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Just though I'd copy my suggestions from the deletion discussion here since the consensus was keep. We could choose one of the following:

1. Merge the list into List of trucks. This list is a subset of that one, but the trucks list has a tag suggesting a split. If someone does get around to splitting it someday, it could be split into light/medium/heavy duty, or cab over/conventional.
2. Create a Low Cab Forward article. This would be a specific type of cab over vehicle, but it needs to be well defined. I tried with the lead sentence of the list, but it needs a reference. Then move the list there as examples. If there's not enough to justify a new LCF article, then at least define it in the Cab over article.
3. Expand the list to include all cab over trucks, not just "Low Cab Forward". This would involve splitting List of trucks as mentioned above, and it may be decided cab over/conventional isn't as good a way to split it as light/medium/heavy duty. --Vossanova ^o< 14:11, 30 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The trucks listed here are simply cab-over-engine trucks. A low cab forward truck was more like a Ford N-Series truck (not to be confused with the tractor), the Chevrolet and GMC B-Series trucks, or the Dodge C-Series medium-and-heavy-duty models of the 1960's and 1970's. Or if you want to focus on some non-American models, you can always try the Thames Trader. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 16:05, 6 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]