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6.Starship enterprise: Shell has partnered with the
Airflow Truck Company to develop what it calls “a
hyper-aerodynamic, super fuel-efficient Class 8
concept truck, bringing together the best of
today’s existing and custom technologies”. With a
carbon fibre cab, the truck took three years and
18,000 hours to build and while it looks totally
futuristic, it’s completely road legal. Slippery!
7.Lonesome Lonestar: Whatever the future for
International, its flagship model will always be a
great retro design.8.Light ’n lively: Cummins X12 and Eaton’s new
12-speed Endurant automated shifter make a
potent, super-light powertrain. Imagine how good
would this be in, say, a Japanese heavy.
9.Cool combination with a full-body sliding cover
but you’d have to worry about ground clearance
on the trailer, wouldn’t ya?
10.It wouldn’t be Mid-America without massive
sleepers on a huge wheelbase. In this case, a
Western Star 5700 on a 322-inch wheelbase
sporting a 144-inch ARI Legacy ‘mobile home’ as
well as a relatively standard 34-inch ‘walk-thru’
Stratosphere sleeper.
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