Pemex Diesel Fuel Update
There is some important new information to share regarding the availability of ULSD (Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel) in Mexico. Over the past month (February 2017) I kept pestering a half dozen public rel...
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Daniele: Your post is so far off it is almost comical. Navistar was building ALL of the Prostars and another Class 8 in MEXICO for export to the USA. I don't know if that is still the case but as recent as 2010 that was true. Freightliner builds the frame rails for their Motorhome chassis in Mexico and may even build the whole chassis less the drivetrain. Truckers who are real buy American guys complain that the Freightliner trucks are made in Mexico. Here is a post from a Daimler worker. It is old but may still be true. I think only certain models are exported to the USA.
Quote:
"I am writing on behalf of approximately 3000 laid off American workers . These workers were employed at Freightliner's US plants located in North Carolina.
We are aware that most Freightliner Trucks are being produced at Freightliner's Santiago Mexico plant. We are asking that you contact Daimler Trucks North America ( Freightliner ) and demand that your next be produced in the US , thereby supporting unemployed Americans who desperately need and want to work in order to support their families and their communities.
We believe the decision to build your truck outside the U.S. does nothing to strengthen the US economy at a time when the economy is in undeniably bad shape. We have workers who have been unemployed for over two years now that want and need to work. Please contact Daimler now and ask them (Freightliner) to support the U.S. economy where their own fortunes have been made in the U.S.A. since 1942.
We are asking that you support our "Buy American Campaign "
Any assistance you can give will be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time and consideration of this very serious issue to the american worker .
Will Davis
Bessemer City, North Carolina" end quote
2 years ago I went to a Mexican Navistar dealer. They had trucks that looked exactly like the USA models. But when I looked underneath there was no DPF. So those trucks you are seeing may be produced with Mexican emission systems.
I have no doubt that Mexico will eventually have ULSD but when is a whole other story. I don't know if you have been travelling in Mexico for a long time but it took forever for Mexico to offer lead free gasoline. Before 1991 there was no magna sin. Just really bad gasoline. Mexican cars sold before 1991 did not have catalytic convertors.
As for corruption I will bow to Mex. He knows more about Pemex corruption than any of us. It is shocking.
Moisheh
Quote:
"I am writing on behalf of approximately 3000 laid off American workers . These workers were employed at Freightliner's US plants located in North Carolina.
We are aware that most Freightliner Trucks are being produced at Freightliner's Santiago Mexico plant. We are asking that you contact Daimler Trucks North America ( Freightliner ) and demand that your next be produced in the US , thereby supporting unemployed Americans who desperately need and want to work in order to support their families and their communities.
We believe the decision to build your truck outside the U.S. does nothing to strengthen the US economy at a time when the economy is in undeniably bad shape. We have workers who have been unemployed for over two years now that want and need to work. Please contact Daimler now and ask them (Freightliner) to support the U.S. economy where their own fortunes have been made in the U.S.A. since 1942.
We are asking that you support our "Buy American Campaign "
Any assistance you can give will be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time and consideration of this very serious issue to the american worker .
Will Davis
Bessemer City, North Carolina" end quote
2 years ago I went to a Mexican Navistar dealer. They had trucks that looked exactly like the USA models. But when I looked underneath there was no DPF. So those trucks you are seeing may be produced with Mexican emission systems.
I have no doubt that Mexico will eventually have ULSD but when is a whole other story. I don't know if you have been travelling in Mexico for a long time but it took forever for Mexico to offer lead free gasoline. Before 1991 there was no magna sin. Just really bad gasoline. Mexican cars sold before 1991 did not have catalytic convertors.
As for corruption I will bow to Mex. He knows more about Pemex corruption than any of us. It is shocking.
Moisheh
