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Chevrolet, Ford, Hino, International to reveal new vehicles at Work Truck Show


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Trailer-Body Builders  /  January 11, 2018

Four of North America’s leading truck manufacturers have announced they will unveil new vehicles at The Work Truck Show 2018.

Chevrolet Commercial Vehicles will reveal its Silverado 4500HD and 5500HD chassis cab trucks. Ford Commercial Vehicles will launch a new commercial vehicle. Hino Trucks will introduce a line of Class 7 and 8 trucks. International Truck will debut what it’s calling “the driver’s ultimate work truck.”

Additional OEMs with press conferences scheduled include Ram Commercial, which plans to announce work-truck-related news for the all-new 2019 Ram 1500 truck, Isuzu Commercial Truck of America Inc. and Mack Trucks Inc. These manufacturers are among 100 exhibiting companies that have shared plans to introduce commercial vehicles and equipment at North America’s largest work truck event.

The Work Truck Show takes place March 6–9 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana. Educational sessions, Green Truck Summit and Fleet Technical Congress begin March 6, and the exhibit hall is open March 7–9.

“Every March, Indianapolis becomes the North American epicenter for work trucks, as manufacturers showcase the newest vocational trucks, vans, components and equipment for any application to fleet managers, equipment distributors, upfitters, installers and other professionals in the vocational vehicle industry,” says Steve Carey, NTEA executive director. “If you want to be part of this year’s biggest product launches, you want to be at The Work Truck Show 2018.”

Chevrolet says the new Silverado 4500HD and 5500HD chassis cab trucks will complete its commercial truck portfolio. Designed around how customers work, the OEM says the trucks will be highly maneuverable and among the easiest on the market to upfit.

Hino reports that its new Class 7 and 8 trucks are the result of four years of development and hundreds of thousands of hours of engineering work that included building 10 prototypes. The vehicles will be powered by Hino’s A09 9-liter engine that provides a horsepower range of 300 to 360 hp.

Overall, the 500 exhibiting companies at The Work Truck Show 2018 will showcase the latest products necessary to build, equip, customize and utilize the trucks that keep America moving forward. The Work Truck Show’s exclusive New Product Spotlight program makes it easy for attendees to identify new products in advance and on the exhibit floor. Participating companies provide a photo and product details for each new product which NTEA shares on the Show website and through The Work Truck Show 2018 app (scheduled for release in February). Information about “green” products featured in the Green Product Showcase, and a full list of first-time exhibitors is also available on the same webpage: worktruckshow.com/floorplan.

For the complete schedule of events, educational session descriptions, Show floor plan and to register, visit worktruckshow.com. For more information, call 800-441-6832 or email info@ntea.com.

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The launch of the US market 500 Series COE is overdue. They've been talking about its launch for some time. That segment is about to become very crowded.

The US market conventionals have a 500 Series-based cab.

The 700 Series heavy truck range has a larger cab (which is to say that the 300, 500 and 700 Series trucks each have unique purpose-designed cabs).

http://www.hino-global.com/content/dam/hino_global/pdf/catalog/HINO300_Series__Catalog_Right_Hand_Drive.pdf

http://www.hino-global.com/content/dam/hino_global/pdf/catalog/Hino_500S_Catalog_LR.pdf

http://www.hino-global.com/content/dam/hino_global/common/img/product/Hino_700S_Catalog_201607.pdf

 

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Hino's new US market COE is based on the Class 5/6/7 500 series. It's no Class 8 by any means.

The GM-Navistar product is Classes 4 and 5. The DuraStar replacement is Classes 6 and 7.

GM is venturing back into Class 6 with the 6500XD, derived from Isuzu's FTR.

All rather convoluted, but the result of GM wanting to get back into the game without spending any serious money.

http://www.chevrolet.com/commercial/low-cab-forward-cab-over-truck

https://www.gmfleet.com/chevrolet/low-cab-forward-trucks.html

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6 hours ago, bulldogboy said:

What is Ford's new commercial vehicle?

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My guess?  New cup holders jn the 750:pat:.  But I would hope for info on the new gas engine that is rumored to be a 7.3 liter to replace the 6.8 V-10.   and if they were really smart, they would offer either a 6 cylinder Cummins or their own Duratorque that they build inTurkey-with an Allison.

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1 hour ago, Maxidyne said:

Transit Custom van, sized between Transit Connect and big Transit.

The arrival of the Transit Custom (panel van) and sister Transit Tourneo (window van) is long overdue.

But they would have had to add the US market-specific engine fire feature.

https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/47453-new-man-tge-and-volkswagen-crafter-launched-at-iaa-2016/?tab=comments#comment-350078

 

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