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US truck manufacturer, Navistar, have come up with a silly TV show to publicise their new range of engines,, coming out soon, to meet the 2010 exhaust emission rules. The quiz show takes place in a truck stop and sees an unsuspecting truckie answering questions about the new engines to be fitted in the International [...]

A new doco about trucks and truck drivers in the US gets the Hollywood treatment and a hyped up premiere. The film also seems to have been developed to be a long promo for the new bling covered International LoneStar prime mover. Watch the videos by clicking on this link

The possibility of Navistar using Caterpillar’s money to buy Volkswagen’s share in MAN has been broached by industry commentator Oliver Dixon in his World Truck’s Blog.

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.