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Kenworth pushes the buttons

Here is a clear illustration of how Kenworth push the Aussie truckie’s buttons and keep them coming back for more. The narrator keeps on about resale value and the truck being bought as a good business decision but the images on the video are all about livestock crates with six decks of cattle running through [...]

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This is the modern world

A new era has started for Kenworth in Australia. The new models for 2011 present a completely new face to the world with their curved oval style radiator grilles which are necessary to improve airflow around the new, lower emission engines. etruck had the honour of being the first journalist in the world to get [...]

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Walking round the K200

etruck managed to get up close and personal with the new Kenworth K200. This truck, on show at Sandown Park Racetrack, is the first production prototype, the first to go down the line at Bayswater as a production truck. The previous models on the road were prototypes built up to test the concept, this one [...]

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Paccar MX engine

Here are a couple of promo videos for the Paccar MX engine as it is released into Kenworth and Peterbilt models in the US market. This first one has some great footage of the engine being manufactured. This is a state-of-the-art engine developed from sophisticated European technology. Click on the link for another video

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New Kenworth design in the US

This video about the new Kenworth T700 released in the US earlier this year is not particularly relevant to the Australian trucking industry but it does show how the modern truck is designed. The high tech computer aided design system shown here would have been used to develop the new look for Kenworth’s T609 and [...]

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See the Kenworth story unfold

Wait a minute! What’s going on here? This new video introducing the new Kenworth range on their website is a bit ‘state-of-the-art’ for the normally conservative Paccar organisation. This is a punchy video using plenty of effects and well put together. Where’s the truck? It is not until the final frame we get to see [...]

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New look for the Kenworth T609

KW T609, originally uploaded by quarterdeck888. This is one of those truck redesigns which is going to divide opinion right across the board. One thing is for sure, feeling about it will be strong on both sides. There may be a lot of discussion about the new look but, probably, not a lot of agreement. [...]

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New cabover grill K200

New cabover grill K200, originally uploaded by quarterdeck888. This photo from Alice Springs of the new Kenworth K200 demonstrates just how radical the change has been in the look of Australia’s most popular cabover truck. The big rectangular radiator grille which dates back to the sixties is gone and is provoking strong comments here on [...]

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New KW T403 design

KW T403, originally uploaded by quarterdeck888. Looking at the new shape for the Kenworth truck range, the new shape for the T403 will probably be the most acceptable of the oval grille designs for the fiercely traditional Kenworth fanatics who have been commenting in strong terms about the new look. This new bonnet sees a [...]

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Radical new Kenworth look

These images of the new look for the Kenworth range have had to travel quite a way before etruck could get hold of them to post them up here on the website. New Zealander Rod Simmonds is attending the 10th anniversary Trucking Hall of Fame event currently taking place in Alice Springs. He e-mailed the [...]

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