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Oshkosh Truck Subsidiary, Pierce, Is First to Introduce Air Bags for Custom Fire Trucks

Air bags designed to increase fire fighter safety OSHKOSH, Wis.--Sept. 15, 2006--Oshkosh Truck Corporation (NYSE:OSK) announced today that its subsidiary, Pierce Manufacturing Inc., North America's leading manufacturer of fire and rescue apparatus, is the first fire truck manufacturer to offer frontal air bags in its custom fire chassis. The air bags will be available in spring 2007 in Pierce's...

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Oshkosh Truck Subsidiary, Pierce, Is First to Introduce Air Bags for Custom Fire Trucks

Air bags designed to increase fire fighter safety OSHKOSH, Wis.--Sept. 15, 2006--Oshkosh Truck Corporation (NYSE:OSK) announced today that its subsidiary, Pierce Manufacturing Inc., North America's leading manufacturer of fire and rescue apparatus, is the first fire truck manufacturer to offer frontal air bags in its custom fire chassis. The air bags will be available in spring 2007 in Pierce's...

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Commercial Chassis Cabs are built to support customization.

Designed for Class 4 and 5 commercial market, 2008 Dodge Ram 4500 and 5500 Chassis Cabs are built on 50,000 psi steel frame and feature 52 gal fuel tank, 390 mm brake rotors, and 66 mm caliper pistons. Other features include 34 in. frame rail spacing and flat, clean frame rails on one-piece C-channel rear-frame rail. Offered in dual rear wheel models, 4 cab-axle lengths are available. Each model...

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Commercial Chassis Cabs are built to support customization.

Designed for Class 4 and 5 commercial market, 2008 Dodge Ram 4500 and 5500 Chassis Cabs are built on 50,000 psi steel frame and feature 52 gal fuel tank, 390 mm brake rotors, and 66 mm caliper pistons. Other features include 34 in. frame rail spacing and flat, clean frame rails on one-piece C-channel rear-frame rail. Offered in dual rear wheel models, 4 cab-axle lengths are available. Each model...

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EPA Hails Dodge for Developing Cleanest Heavy-Duty Diesel Pickup Truck

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- New 2007 Dodge Ram 2500 and 3500 with Cummins 6.7-liter turbodiesel engine is first Chrysler Group BLUETEC vehicle and first to meet stringent 2010 truck emissions standards in all 50 states. o 6.7-liter Cummins turbodiesel engine achieves 2010 NOx emission standards three years early, making it the cleanest and best-performing heavy-duty pickup truck in the market o...

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Dodge to Offer All-New Cummins Light-Duty Clean Diesel

* All-new engine to provide up to 30-percent improvement in fuel economy * Clean-diesel technology to meet 50-state 2010 emissions standards WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- Let the diesel duels begin. Armed with new Cummins clean-diesel technology, Dodge will introduce an all-new turbodiesel engine in its light duty pickup trucks after 2009. The new engine will provide a dramatic increase in low-end...

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Dodge to Offer All-New Cummins Light-Duty Clean Diesel

* All-new engine to provide up to 30-percent improvement in fuel economy * Clean-diesel technology to meet 50-state 2010 emissions standards WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- Let the diesel duels begin. Armed with new Cummins clean-diesel technology, Dodge will introduce an all-new turbodiesel engine in its light duty pickup trucks after 2009. The new engine will provide a dramatic increase in low-end...

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EPA Hails Dodge for Developing Cleanest Heavy-Duty Diesel Pickup Truck

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- New 2007 Dodge Ram 2500 and 3500 with Cummins 6.7-liter turbodiesel engine is first Chrysler Group BLUETEC vehicle and first to meet stringent 2010 truck emissions standards in all 50 states. o 6.7-liter Cummins turbodiesel engine achieves 2010 NOx emission standards three years early, making it the cleanest and best-performing heavy-duty pickup truck in the market o...

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ArvinMeritor to Develop First Dual-Mode Heavy-Duty Diesel-Electric Drivetrain for Wal-Mart Transportation

TROY, Mich., Jan. 10 // -- ArvinMeritor, Inc. and Wal-Mart Transportation, Bentonville, Ark., have agreed to development of a dual-mode, diesel-electric drivetrain for a Class 8 tractor. The vehicle, which is believed to be the first dual-mode diesel-electric tractor prototype in development in North America, will be based on an International Class 8 ProStar tractor and powered by an engine...

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ArvinMeritor to Develop First Dual-Mode Heavy-Duty Diesel-Electric Drivetrain for Wal-Mart Transportation

TROY, Mich., Jan. 10 // -- ArvinMeritor, Inc. and Wal-Mart Transportation, Bentonville, Ark., have agreed to development of a dual-mode, diesel-electric drivetrain for a Class 8 tractor. The vehicle, which is believed to be the first dual-mode diesel-electric tractor prototype in development in North America, will be based on an International Class 8 ProStar tractor and powered by an engine...

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