
A few truck and van news items from the last couple weeks include a new standard fifth wheel on Freightliner and Western Star trucks, as well as three new diesel power ratings on the 2016 Ford F-650 and 750 and an off-road variant of the GMC Sierra HD.
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Daimler Trucks North America has announced that the JOST International JSK36 lightweight fifth wheel is now the standard fifth wheel for all Freightliner truck models. The JSK36 is also available as a published option for the Western Star 4700 and 4900 truck models.
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Beijing Foton Daimler Automotive Co., Ltd. (BFDA), a 50-50 joint venture between Daimler and Chinese manufacturer Foton Motor, recently celebrated the 150,000th production unit of the companies’ jointly produced Auman branded trucks.
Read More →Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has announced a new customer loyalty program for owner-operators and small fleets. Known as Truck Bucks.
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Daimler Trucks North America has renamed its Detroit Diesel brand of products to better encompass a new powertrain-related component line as well as its well-known family of Detroit engines equipped with BlueTec emissions technology, according to the company.
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Daimler Trucks is set to reach its sales target for 2013 and deliver more trucks than in any year since 2006.
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Starting with the production of the first Detroit engine in March 1938, the Daimler Trucks North America subsidiary has a long history of innovative powertrain solutions.
Read More →Daimler’s commercial vehicle subsidiary Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC) is celebrating a milestone achievement of 1 million commercial vehicles sold in MFTBC´s largest export market Indonesia.
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Truck-lite Co., LLC, a heavy-duty lighting and visibility systems company, announced that Freightliner Trucks, a division of Daimler Trucks North America LLC, has selected Truck-Lite's new Custom LED Headlights as its factory standard for forward lighting on their Cascadia and Evolution truck model.
Read More →The commercial vehicles division of Daimler AG will bundle the activities of the subsidiaries Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation, and Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. under the umbrella of “Daimler Trucks Asia.”
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