The American Truck Dealers (ATD) has announced seven nominees for the 2014 ATD Commercial Truck of the Year, an annual award recognizing the top truck entries in the medium- and heavy-duty categories.

The medium-duty (Class 3-7) nominees are Hino 195h-DC, International TerraStar 4x4, Kenworth Class 6 K370 Cabover and Peterbilt Model 220. The heavy-duty (Class 8) nominees are International ProStar with Cummins ISX15, Kenworth T880 Vocational Truck with PACCAR MX-13 engine and Peterbilt Model 579. 

The award recognizes a winner in each category. The winners will be announced Sunday, January 26, during the 2014 ATD Convention & Expo, which runs concurrently with the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Convention & Expo in New Orleans from January 24-27.

The winners will be determined by a panel of journalists, who test drove and evaluated the trucks at the Manheim’s auction site in Orlando, Fla., on Oct. 18. The judging categories include innovation, design, safety and driver satisfaction. For truck photos and descriptions, click here. 

Keynote speakers at the 51^st annual ATD convention include Lt. Gen. Russel L. Honoré (U.S. Army Ret.), who led the Defense Department’s response to hurricanes Katrina and Rita in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana; Philip Byrd, chairman of the American Trucking Associations; and ATD Chairman Dick Witcher, chief executive officer of Minuteman Trucks in Walpole, Mass.

For more information or to register, visit www.atdconvention.org.