VW Traton has made a bid for Navistar
Navistar who made diesel engines for Ford Pickups and VW who is cooperating with Ford on Vans and the New Ranger. Now VW's heavy Truck division wants to get into the US market, although Heavy Trucks ...
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RobertRyan wrote:ShinerBock wrote:
Tranton is owned by the VW Group which is what we mean when we say VW so saying VW is not wrong. Just because we are not saying it your way does not mean we are incorrect.
VW the car company is wrong, they are a separate group in VW the Corporation. Dieselgate was not part of the Traton Group, not affected by it
If the sale goes ahead , Europeans will own 80% of the US Heavy Truck market. PACCAR being the only independent. Although their PACCAR Engine started life as a DAF Engine
This is why we say VW.
VW Group Website
VW Group Brands: Traton SE
"TRATON SE is a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG and a leading commercial vehicle manufacturer worldwide with its brands MAN, Scania, Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus, and RIO. In 2019, TRATON GROUP’s brands sold around 242,000 vehicles in total."
Tranton Worldwide Homepage
Also, the PACCAR PX that they first introduced are Cummins ISB's and Cummins ISL's painted gray and slapped with a PACCAR logo. The bigger MX engine were co-designed with Cummins and DAF and were not solely DAF engines. The turbo and many other components on the MX are made by Holset which is owned by Cummins. Cummins also builds engines for DAF that they re brand as their own in Eruopean markets.
