ClassicTVMan1981X

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I am wondering if the F12 and F16 would've been likely competitors to the domestic class 8 COE segment that included the White Road Commander, the Freightliner COE, the Kenworth K100/Peterbilt 352/362, GMC Astro 9500 and the Ford Louisville CL(T)9000? ~Ben

Does anyone remember any Mack Mid-Liners and MC/MR/U/RD/DMs or Volvo F6/F7s delivered with the Allison AT545 and/or MT643 automatic transmissions? If so, what were your experiences of them? Off-hand, some truckers think auto shifting takes the fun out of driving trucks; while on the other hand automatics seemed popular in garbage trucks and in buses. The AT545 was suited to engines with 235 hp and 385 lb-ft of torque, and engines in this category were the Mack E4-210 (Mack Mid-Liner) and the Volvo TD60B (Volvo F6). The MT643 was beefier, for engines up to 250 hp and 625 lb-ft of torque; and thus the engines in that category included the Cat 3208/T (Mack 400 series) and the Volvo TD70F (Volvo F7). ~Ben

That company is, of course, PACCAR, which owns Peterbilt and Kenworth. It also took over the British truck builder Foden when it went bankrupt in 1980. Ironically, for a short period of time, production of the Ford Transcontinental moved from Holland to the former Foden plant in Sandbach, England. ~Ben

But in late 1981, Freightliner came under the control of Mercedes-Benz. However, then there was the White "Road Commander" COE (and a related Autocar model), so another reason the F10/12 didn't quite show up here. ~Ben