Paccar, Cummins Set Engine Medium-Duty Engine Agreement
ruck maker Paccar Inc. and engine maker Cummins Inc. announced Monday an agreement for Cummins’ 6- and 8-liter engines to be installed exclusively in Peterbilt and Kenworth North American medium-duty trucks, effective Jan. 1, 2007.
The two companies are developing proprietary configurations for the engines, which will be dubbed Paccar engines, they said in a joint statement. Peterbilt and Kenworth are units of Paccar.
“This agreement is a natural extension of the engine collaboration, which [Paccar unit] DAF and Cummins have had in Europe for seven years,” said Tom Plimpton, Paccar's president.
The agreement also will “significantly reduce the cost of [conforming] multiple 2007 EPA compliant engines in our chassis,” Plimpton said in a statement.Peterbilt and Kenworth will continue to offer their customers a choice of engines in their Class 8 vehicles, Paccar said.
