Volvo's New Greensboro Truck Dealership [Photos]
Volvo Trucks North America's corporate headquarters is also located along Interstate-40, less than a mile down the road from Advantage Trucks.
On a rainy day in North Carolina.
Prior to Young (right) purchasing a Volvo dealership in Charlotte and Hickory, NC, he was Executive Vice President for Volvo's commercial truck operations in North America. Left: Thage Berggren, first president and CEO of VTNA, now 84.
Volvo VAH 630 auto hauler was introduced in early 2015. It has a 61-inch sleeper, deep-drop front axles, low-height Air Ride rear suspensions and reduced height cab options.
A twenty year old Volvo WIA64T Aero model with the first aerodynamic headlights introduced in the U.S. It was based on the previous White and WHITEGMC concepts.
The company keeps a $2 million spare parts inventory.
Special machinery for diesel particle filter cleaning.
In 2015, Advantage Truck Center was ranked the 44th largest privately held businesses in North Carolina,
Customers' trucks lined up for service. The FedEx tractor is equipped with JOST 5th wheel.
Jost International fifth wheels are a standard feature on most OEMs such as Volvo, Mack and Freightliner.
The new 48,000 square-foot, $7.5 million facility is clearly visible from Interstate 40 and less than a mile from Volvo Trucks' corporate headquarters.
The Greensboro area needed a new facility to better serve current and prospective customers and to be in line with Volvo's image
Advantage Truck Center in Greensboro has 70 employees. This includes specially trained and certified technicians known as Master Techs.
This Volvo VN leased to Karl's Transport in Antigo, WI often visits Greensboro, NC.
Thage Berggren is a Swede who in 1981 started the Volvo Truck operations in the U.S. Now a U.S. citizen, he is 84 years of age, still going strong and even keeps a commercial driver's license.
The workshop floor is clean as a whistle. The equipments is state of the art.
The work shop facility has 20 bays for service and repairs. Since 2010, Volvo Trucks North America has invested $400 million in equipment and personnel.
Each spare parts person has a personal office with its own door out to the parts inventory.
Volvo VN tractors designated for Advantage Truck's leasing operation.