Vehicle Research

ISSAQUAH, WA - Costco Wholesale Corp., a wholesale club operator, is both the first Kenworth Truck Company and PacLease customer to receive a 2011 Kenworth production truck equipped with the new PACCAR MX engine.

Tags: Costco, Kenworth, PACCAR, PacLease

ST. LOUIS - Kenworth Truck Company will add Bendix Electronic Stability Program (ESP), a full stability program, as an option on select Kenworth medium-duty tractor and full truck applications with air brake systems.

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WICHITA, KS - Sedgwick County had been looking for a vehicle that would be heavier than a Class 7 truck, but not as pricey as a full-size Class 8.

Tags: dump truck, Kenworth, Snow Removal

KIRKLAND, WA - Kenworth Truck Company has created a special Web site section for the new Kenworth T470 model, which entered production recently.

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KIRKLAND, WA - Purchasers of certain Kenworth medium-duty diesel-electric hybrid tractors in the United States are now eligible for a tax credit of $9,000, the maximum available, under a qualified hybrid motor vehicle credit offered by the federal government.

Tags: hybrid, Kenworth, PACCAR, taxes

KIRKLAND, WA – Kenworth Truck Company gave participants a close look at its lineup of medium-duty, diesel-electric hybrid trucks during the 8th annual Hybrid Truck Users Forum (HTUF) in South Bend, Ind.

Tags: Class 6, Class 7, HTUF, hybrid, Kenworth, medium-duty trucks, T270, T370

LEBANON, MO - Kenworth Truck Company recommends that companies know their payload, terrain conditions, and body requirements to better spec medium-duty trucks for business applications.

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KIRKLAND, WA – The 124-page Kenworth Medium-Duty Body Builders Manual is available as a .pdf file in the Products section of Kenworth's homepage.

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ASHTON, ONTARIO – When Mike Cavanagh sees the fleet of Kenworth T800s hauling rock and aggregate to help build a new section of Highway 7, outside of Ottawa, he marvels at the growth the company has achieved over the past 50 years.

Tags: Kenworth, T370, T800

SEATTLE – Kirkland-based Kenworth Truck, a subsidiary of Paccar, plans to begin full production of its T270 and T370 hybrid trucks in early September.

Tags: hybrid, Kenworth, PACCAR, T270, T370

PHOENIX – Now that hybrids have a firm green foothold on the market for cars and light trucks, they are moving into medium- and heavy-duty trucks.

Tags: diesel-electric, heavy-duty trucks, hybrid, Kenworth, medium-duty trucks, Navistar, Peterbilt

KNOXVILLE, TN – MHC Kenworth-Knoxville held an open house last Tuesday to show off a type of diesel/electric medium-duty truck it plans to stock, drawing a crowd of about 20-30 people representing several businesses and some local governments.

Tags: diesel-electric, hybrid, Kenworth

KIRKLAND, WA – Custom Truck Sales in Regina, Sask., was named 2007 Kenworth Dealer of the Year for the United States and Canada at the annual Kenworth Dealer Meeting held recently in San Diego.

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