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Old 17-07-15, 10:32
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Originally Posted by rob love View Post
Nice looking truck. It is also nice to see it go to a North American manufacture and design, as opposed to a European or Eastern bloc model. I believe Tatra had a horse or two in the race. Not to belittle Tatra, as I am sure they are fine trucks over on the other side of the world where they belong, but they are not native to here.
It looks very European to me - we do build the best trucks and cars in the world, mind you

Mack Trucks is a subsidiary of AB Volvo which purchased Mack along with Renault Trucks in 2000. If you have a close read, you will see Volvo is the driving force behind it and in fact the truck is a re-badged Renault Kerax 8x8 truck. Assembly will be (partly) native, maybe some North American component manufacture (battery, tyres, etc?), but major manufacture and design is European - so much for "native", eh?

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