Kenworth Trucks have a long history of quality in trucking in both new and used trucks.
By Sandy
Saturday, February 03, 2007
Kenworth is a manufacturer of medium and heavy-duty Class 8 trucks based in Kirkland, Washington, a suburb of Seattle. It is a subsidiary of PACCAR. The brand claims to maintain an image of high quality, it has won five of six JD Power Awards in 2005 and three of four the most recent poll.
Kenworth has manufacturing plants in Renton, Washington, Chillicothe, Ohio, Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, and Mexicali.
During MATS 2006 Kenworth announced the new T660. It's based on the T600, with superior aerodynamics and updated styling. It incorporates a completely new outer-body package including hood, bumper, headlamps, grill, and chassis fairings. The T660 will be the benchmark for high quality, on-highway trucks and maintains Kenworth's "Best in Class" approach.
In the early 2000's Kenworth introduced to Mexico the T604, based on the Australian T604 with a few modifications, mostly in the hood, it is optimized for pulling doubles in areas where you need a powerful engine, however, the sales can't be compared to those of the T600 and T800.
In around 2004 Kenworth introduced also to Mexico the Kenworth45 and Kenworth55, rebadged versions of the DAF LF45 and LF55, for distribution applications, a potential buyer has always been The Coca-Cola Company, as they have been replacing their old conventionals with new cabover trucks for shorter length with the same cargo space or same length with more cargo space.