For quite some time, automotive marketing people have been labeling fresh products “all-new” when they aren’t. Major parts—usually including the powertrain—are carryovers. But Western Star’s 49X ...

Between COVID-19, an economic recession, and Western wildfires, Western Star was forced to do what so many of us have done this strange, unhappy year, and call a virtual Zoom meeting to introduce ...

Western Star introduced Tuesday its next-generation vocational truck, the 49X, along with a new transmission. The 49X tips the scales about 350 pounds lighter than the current 4900, thanks in part to ...

Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has revealed the Western Star 49X vocational truck, which retains the brand’s tried-and-true toughness while integrating the safety-enhancing Detroit Assurance 5.0 ...

Coming off the best year in Western Star history, the truck manufacturer will roll out “the best vocational truck in the industry” this summer, promises David Carson, senior vice president, vocational ...

Western Star is rolling out its next-generation vocational truck, the 49X – a modern and tech-rich takeoff of its 4900. A clean sheet design built from the ground up, the 49X is engineered to be ...

With a standard 111.6-in. BBC or optional 110.8-in. BBC – which is 10-in shorter than the 49X – the Western Star 47X is well suited to applications that require a shorter overall vehicle length to ...

Modern vocational trucks seem to be getting more compact. Compared to traditional long-nose conventionals, most of the dump trucks I see in Ohio have shorter hoods that slope rakishly toward the ...