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New Cabs - USA - ‘Practical luxury’ for driver retention
USA -Fleet Oowner, by Sean Kilcarr -May 31, 2006: -- Luxury class motor vehicles are no longer synonymous with upscale automakers. With truck drivers in short supply and high demand, commercial vehicle makers are rolling out tractors with truly cushy cabs and sleepers as fleets increasingly turn to “comfort” as a primary consideration for retention... All of the major truck makers are taking this new “driver comfort” approach, trying to build more value into their products from a driver retention and recruiting standpoint... For example, Warrenville, IL-based International Truck & Engine Corp. surveyed and studied 1,500 drivers, to make its new ProStar Class 8 tractor much more ergonomic and comfortable... Development of Mack Trucks’ new Pinnacle highway truck also incorporated more focus on drivers.. A new cab designs include a four-inch increase in the depth of day cabs. That provides more leg and belly room while boosting seat angle recline to more than 20º. Also included is a wrap-around “cockpit style” dash, with a new primary gauge cluster and space for up to 25 switches... Scott Kress, senior vp—sales & marketing for Greensboro, NC-based Volvo Truck North America. “VT 880 sleeper. For example, it has an optional workstation that can function as dining table, office desk and den. After supper, the bench seats quickly convert to a full-length lower bunk. The upper bunk with premium mattress folds out from the back of the cab, and a foldaway ladder allows easy access"... A new “driver lounge” optional sleeper package developed for Freightliner’s Century Class S/T, Coronado and Columbia Class 8 truck models, as example: "a self-contained office table unit that folds away for convenience and interior cab space. When the table is lowered and stowed away, it completes the middle-area of the lower bunk and then cushions are then placed over the table to restore the bunk and bed area", he said...
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