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Fallout from the Caterpillar/Navistar deal continues with an announcement by Freightliner concerning the return of Cummins as an engine supplier in the US. Freightliner have only offered Detroit or Cat in heavy duty for the last five years on their domestic market.

The fallout from Caterpillar’s decision to get out of the highway truck engine market in the US after 2010 has started to reverberate around the North American truck engine makers world.

A series of announcements this week from Caterpillar cast doubt over the engine makers long term future as a supplier of engines to some truck makers, calling into question their position in Australia over the next five years.

Torque for the new Mitsubishi 6M70-6AT2 diesel engine has been significantly increased by from 1520Nm @ 1200rpm to 1620Nm @ 1100rpm. This extra torque should be especially noticeable at low speed (1000 – 1800 rpm range) with drivers able to feel difference between engines, especially at take-off.