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Same thing can be said about GMC and Chevy Heavy truck GM sold 86% to Volvo and was called Volvo GM. Following the GMC General, Volvo GM produced the WhiteGMC WC/WI Class 8 conventional, introduced in 1980 as the White Road Boss 2, the model line was produced through 2000 in various forms as a White, WhiteGMC, Autocar, and Volvo. So many companies bought out big rig manufacturers.
That's great except Volvo has the worst build quality/cab construction in the industry. I don't think anyone should be taking pointers from their videos.
I view Volvo trucks as the Kia of the trucking world. Cheap, compared to other brands, you see several running up and down the road. They’re not remarkable.
Ford was a good bang-for-the-buck truck but then of course they sold their heavy duty truck line to Daimler.
(Sterling.)
Western Star is still the only 100% all-steel cab. (For now....*wink*wink*) That's part of what makes those cabs so bulletproof and long lasting.
Daimler's plants for Freightliner & Western Star are mostly UAW, too, even in North Carolina. A little strange to have union plants in a primarily non-union state.
Fun fact NC is THE lowest (50 of 50 states) in union participation. Only 1.9% of jobs are protected by a union.
Another one: the Freightliner plant in Cleveland, NC (outside Salisbury) is UAW and follows the pay scale accordingly. The Freightliner plant in Gastonia, NC (outside Charlotte) is *NOT* unionized and their top pay caps out around half of the UAW guys, and they have NO pension.
Let's see: $14/hr and no pension, or $28/hr and pension. Hmm...
I view Volvo trucks as the Kia of the trucking world. Cheap, compared to other brands, you see several running up and down the road. They’re not remarkable.
That’s pretty accurate.
When you quote trucks with specs that are apples-to-apples, Volvo is typically fighting with International for the cheapest price. Build ‘em cheap and sell them cheap, that’s their business model.
Then on the other end we have Western Star which the most expensive brand.
[quote=Larry Caldwell;56709392]They own the marine diesel market.[/QUOTE
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