Meet Your Dealer Event

Did you know that, in August, Peterson Trucks was named the Continental Mixer dealer for the Bay Area, Northern California, and Oregon?

We'd like to invite our Peterson Trucks customers who operate mixers on their jobsites to take a look at our newest product. Join us Thursday, January 24, 2013 at the Peterson showroom at 955 Marina Blvd. for lunch and an opportunity to meet our experts.

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International ProStar+ with ISX15 Indicates a Powerful Partnership

The shipment of the first 300 Cummins ISX15-powered International ProStar+ heavy duty trucks five days ahead of schedule earlier this month is indicative of the powerful business relationship that has existed between Navistar and Cummins over the years.

The recent collaboration between these two innovative companies has lead to an SCR-based clean engine technology that exceeded expectations in the meticulous testing it underwent in both captive and customer fleets prior to its official launch. To date, the first-time quality results for the ProStar+ with ISX, based on a rigorous set of metrics, is over 98%.

The International ProStar+ with Cummins emission solutions technology incorporated into the MaxxForce 13 engine are still expected to launch in March. The ProStar+ with ISX15 is currently available to customers at International dealerships nationwide. 

First Cummins-Powered ProStar+’s Are Now Available

Last month, Navistar announced that it would be entering into an agreement with Cummins Inc. to combine MaxxForce engines with Cummins’ urea-based aftertreatment emissions technology: an effort Navistar has dubbed In-Cylinder Technology Plus (ICT+).  However, with the launch of ICT+ still several months away, Navistar is now offering customers an interim solution for purchasing new, heavy-duty International commercial vehicles that meet current CA emissions regulations: International Prostar+ trucks powered by Cummins engines.

Over the past few months, Navistar and Cummins engineers have been working closely together at Navistar’s base of operation in Lisle, Illinois to ensure that the marriage between Cummins’ ISX15 engines and Navistar’s International ProStar+ tractor bodies would meet Navistar’s stringent quality guidelines. Units were added to Navistar’s test fleet in late November, and are now in the process of being shipped to dealers nationwide.

PTI’s first ISX15-powered ProStar+ is now available to customers. “We’re excited that we can now offer a Class 8 International tractor that meets the increasingly rigorous California emissions standards,” Dave Angotti, PTI sales manager told InSight. “We can continue to meet all of our customers’ needs throughout our sales territory.”

Navistar still plans on combining its MaxxForce in-cylinder engine technology with the Cummins SCR aftertreatment system. ICT+ is scheduled to enter pilot production in March 2013, with units becoming available to customers in April 2013. Navistar will also continue to refine its in-cylinder technology in hopes of pioneering an emissions solution that does not require aftertreatment technology.