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Freightliner Trucks is an American semi truck manufacturer. [1] Founded in 1929 as the truck-manufacturing division of Consolidated Freightways (from which it derives its name), the company was established in 1942 as Freightliner Corporation. [2]
Founded in 1998, Sterling was created following the 1997 acquisition of the heavy-truck product lines of Ford Motor Company by Freightliner. [1] Taking its nameplate from a long-defunct truck manufacturer, Sterling was slotted between Freightliner and Western Star within the Daimler product range (later Daimler Trucks North America).
The FL60 was a Class 6 truck; the FL70, a Class 7 truck. Later, the Class 5 FL50 was added at the bottom of the range. The FL112 is the class 8 model of the line and replaced the earlier FLC112 for model year 1995. It was the only truck of the FL series that continued to use its BBC in its model designation throughout its production life.
Freightliner Manufacturing, founded by CF as Freightways Manufacturing in 1939 was a key to CF's early success. To begin with, Freightliner only built equipment for CF but in 1951 the company contracted Ohio-based White Motor Company to market and sell the excess trucks that CF didn't need, as it expanded, [1] creating the White/Freightliner ...
The Freightliner Coronado is a Class 8 conventional truck, intended for long haul and vocational use. It was introduced in January 2001, with production starting for the 2002 model year. It was introduced in January 2001, with production starting for the 2002 model year.
For 2012 production, Freightliner introduced a second generation of the Argosy. While again manufactured in the United States, the new generation was developed primarily for sales in export markets (in Australia, the Argosy was the best-selling Freightliner vehicle line [5]). Distinguished by the introduction of a larger grille, the update ...
The Freightliner Cascadia is a heavy-duty semi-trailer truck produced by Freightliner Trucks. The Freightliner Cascadia was designed with fuel efficiency in mind, as well as improving upon several other features including the powertrain offerings, sound mitigation, safety systems, and overall mechanical reliability from its predecessors.
The inaugural model of the C-Series family of Freightliner conventional-hood trucks, the Century Class replaced the FLD conventional (which dated to 1987). The model line is an aerodynamic-style sloped-hood conventional, fitted with either a day cab or rear sleeper cab .