Paccar Inc. and Cummins Inc. Monday announced an agreement for the Cummins’ 6- and 8-liter engines to be installed exclusively in Peterbilt and Kenworth’s North American conventional medium-duty commercial vehicles,
effective Jan. 1, 2007.
The two companies are developing proprietary configurations for the engines, which will be badged as Paccar engines.
“This agreement is a natural extension of the engine collaboration, which DAF and Cummins have had in Europe for seven years,” said Tom Plimpton, Paccar president. The Cummins 4- and 6-liter engines, badged as Paccar, are exclusive in the DAF LF product. The DAF LF is the leading light-duty commercial vehicle in the U.K. marketplace and has approximately 10 percent of the European market.
Plimpton said, “This North American agreement enables Paccar to compete on a comparable basis with our competitors, who have their own proprietary medium-duty engines. Additionally, this agreement will significantly reduce the cost of homologating multiple 2007 EPA compliant engines in our chassis.”
Peterbilt and Kenworth will continue to offer customers a choice of engines in their Class 8 vehicles.
Joe Loughrey, Cummins president and chief operating officer, said, “This is an exciting development between two great companies and will enable Cummins and Paccar to optimize the power train in medium-duty Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks.” Paccar has approximately 10 percent of the North American medium-duty market and has won six J.D. Power Awards for Highest Customer Satisfaction.
Loughrey said, “Cummins was the first diesel engine installed in Kenworth in 1933 and this agreement continues the legacy of innovation and market leadership between the two companies.”