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Autocar launches new Badass Class 8 dump model
Autocar says its trucks are pre-engineered for seamless body integration and don’t require significant structural modifications.Autocar
Autocar introduced its Badass truck line last week, the fourth iteration of the company’s DC-64 severe-duty Class 8 trucks. The Badass DC-64D is a dump model that joins the DC-64R refuse, DC-64M mixer and DC-64P pump.
“The DC-64D is expertly configured and solves many industry issues not addressed by other suppliers,” says Eric Schwartz, president of Autocar Truck. “Unlike any other vehicle in the North American heavy-duty commercial truck market, Autocar Trucks are vocational pre-engineered for seamless body integration and don’t require significant structural modifications. As such, our trucks are safer, more structurally sound and are engineered to have a longer life, which lowers the TCO (total cost of ownership) and adds to our Always Up promise. This dump truck is truly Bada
Kenworth
Kenworth hit a record 11.7% retail sales market share last year for medium-duty vehicles in the U.S. and Canada. That number could grow quickly from events that began five years ago when Kenworth started the process of redesigning its Class 5-7 vehicle lineup.
Kenworth s new designs were drawn up from extensive customer and driver feedback. The production-ready versions are purposefully built to more fully address the critical market needs of buyers and drivers of medium-duty trucks.
Unlike the Class 8 market, businesses that use medium-duty vehicles do not press them into service to turn miles on the highway. The trucks are a means to an end for business owners, who would buy a Class 5 truck, for example, with specific vocational applications in mind, such as landscaping. Mostly non-CDL drivers use the trucks to bring supplies and equipment to jobsites where the real work begins.
Apr 05, 2021
Kenworth hit a record 11.7% retail sales market share last year for medium duty vehicles in the U.S. and Canada. That number could grow quickly from events that began five years ago when Kenworth started the process of redesigning its Class 5-7 vehicle lineup.
On Wednesday, April 1, Kenworth rolled out production versions of an all-new lineup in Phoenix for a ride-and-drive before making an official public introduction Monday.
Kenworth s new designs were drawn up from extensive customer and driver feedback. The production-ready versions are purposefully built to more fully address the critical market needs of buyers and drivers of medium-duty trucks.