TRUCKMAKERS NEWS * USA: GMC - Navistar's
* Illinois - 2015 GMC 3500 HD Duramax wins one-ton heavy-Duty challenge
(Photo: A 2015 Silverado 3500HD diesel truck towing 4. With the available Duramax and Allison doing the heavy lifting)
Chicago,ILL,USA -PRNewswire/MarketWarch -Aug. 18, 2014: -- Cars.com, the premier online resource for buying and selling new and used cars and trucks, has announced that the 2015 GMC 3500 HD Duramax is the winner of the site's one-ton heavy-duty pickup truck challenge. The challenge put the top three one-ton pickup trucks against each other in a series of tests to determine the overall best. The three trucks tested in the challenge were the 2015 Ford F-350 Power Stroke, 2015 GMC 3500 HD Duramax, and the 2014 Ram HD 3500 Cummins... The trucks were tested for two weeks over thousands of miles and in a variety of weather and terrain conditions. Scores were drawn from 19 data-driven tests of each truck's capabilities, and judges added their votes in six categories: engine performance, seating comfort and ergonomics, technology and entertainment, ride quality, visibility and value...
* Illinois - Navistar expanding fuel-efficiency package
(Photo: A International Durastar 4000 Series truck)
Warrensville,ILL,USA -Transport Topics -18 Aug 2014: -- Navistar has announced it is offering the Allison Transmission fuel-efficiency package on its medium-duty and vocational International truck models, which it says can reduce fuel consumption by as much as 20%... FuelSense, available in Allison’s 1000, 2000, 3000 and 4000 series transmissions, automatically adapts shift schedules and torque, maximizing transmission efficiency based on load, grade and duty cycle without sacrificing performance... All features are available in the 3000 and heavy-duty 4000 series, and they will be available in the 1000 and 2000 series transmissions later this year...
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