What WON'T they put a fuba on?

[scirocco@powerlink.net (John C. Worden)]

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At 11:49 AM 1/26/02 -0500, D=E9sinor Jean-Claude wrote:

>   Actually, I have known since 1984 that Freightliner belongs to MB. I
>don't know if Freightliner existed before, but MB had an image problem
>in North America. They had a hard time selling industrial trucks while
>they are known for luxury cars, so they used the Freightliner name
>instead.
>
>         Jean-Claude
>         84 8v (not a diesel truck)


Wow, I didn't realize they have owned them for that long.  It's odd though,
since Consolidated Freight started Freightliner years ago so they could
have the kind of truck they needed for western US long hauls.  Must have
made some deal with them on future purchases.

John

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