Test Drive: Western Star 49x [Photos]

The all-new Western Star 49X Vocational Truck.
Clear back-of-cab packaging helps speed up upfits and includes forward-mounted DEF tanks, a...
Western Star has made sure that the truck is durable, including utilizing metal accent plates...
To help improve visibility to the motoring public and pedestrians, the turn signals have been...
Opening the hood is simple enough for one person to safely operate. Under the hood, the 49X...
The new hood uses an innovative and patented ISO Tech Hood Suspension system that behaves...
The ISO Tech Hood Suspension system isolates, absorbs and dissipates vibrations from the chassis...
The Detroit Assurance suite of safety systems includes Side Guard Assist, Active Brake Assist 5,...
The Detroit Assurance package features an in-cab camera that assists with active brake assist 5...
Western Star has its blind spot warning system in the A-pillar of the truck, featuring a small...
The 49X also debuts a dual-stage LED headlight system featuring an internally printed heat grid...
Western Star design-engineered ergonomic ingress and egress for the 49X. Door opening angles of...
The 49X features a heavy-duty vocational frame engineered to stand up to severe applications.
The DT12 Vocational series of transmissions include side PTO capabilities that allow for added...
A splayed frame shape toward the front of the chassis allows for lower engine and radiator...
From snowplows and mixers to bulk haul tractors and everything in between, the wide selection of...
Straight frame sections begin directly behind the cab and feature a constant flange-to-flange...
From oil fields to rock quarries, the Western Star 49X was built with vocational needs top oif...
The 49X offers three bumper styles in various finishes as well as front towing device options...
Journalists were taken out on the Durability track to see just how tough these trucks are...
Battery boxes in the 49X can be mounted between rails, inside the cab or on the frame. The...