Hayseed Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Forty years ago, a seismic shift occurred in the global trucking landscape. A shift so vast it would eventually lay the commercial and technological foundations for Europe’s ultimate ascension over Fortress America as the dominant force in world truck manufacturing. It was 1981 when the company formerly known as Daimler-Benz bought the struggling US truck maker Freightliner, and whether by confluence or coincidence, it was also the year Swedish brand Volvo acquired the financially strapped White Trucks. Read More Here.. https://www.fullyloaded.com.au/truck-reviews/2108/time-travels-40-years-of-freightliner Quote "Be who you are and say what you feel...Because those that matter...don't mind...And those that mind....don't matter." - Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/67777-40-years-of-european-influence-to-the-american-truck-market/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullheaded Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 And ruined them all. LOL Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/67777-40-years-of-european-influence-to-the-american-truck-market/#findComment-478726 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayseed Posted August 22, 2021 Author Share Posted August 22, 2021 Volvo definitely threw White under the Bus...& appear to be giving Mack the same treatment.. Death by a thousand Cuts.. Quote "Be who you are and say what you feel...Because those that matter...don't mind...And those that mind....don't matter." - Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/67777-40-years-of-european-influence-to-the-american-truck-market/#findComment-478734 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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