Kenworth, Paccar Financial offering extended warranty for Canadian customers

KIRKLAND, Wash. -- Kenworth and Paccar Financial’s extended warranty program is now available through Dec. 31 for Canadian customers who purchase new Kenworth Class 8 factory trucks that meet eligibility requirements.

Kenworth customers may receive a three-year/480,000-kilometre basic vehicle extended warranty by choosing Paccar Financial to finance purchases of new Kenworth Class 8 trucks with a standard highway warranty.

“Qualifying Class 8 customers receive an additional two years and 320,000 kilometres of warranty coverage valued at $6,150 per eligible truck under this joint Kenworth and Paccar Financial program,” said Preston Feight, Kenworth assistant general manager for sales and marketing.

The offer is available on Kenworth trucks ordered between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2012 and financed through Paccar Financial no later than March 31, 2013. There is a maximum quantity of 20 units per customer.

For more information on terms and conditions, visit www.kenworth.com or www.paccarfinancial.com.

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Kenworth to offer glider kits for T660, T800 and W900L

DALLAS, Texas -- Kenworth has announced it is now offering glider kits for its T660, T800 and W900L models.

The kits can be mated with EPA04 engines and matching transmissions and spec’d directly from Kenworth.

The company says it’s seeing renewed interest in glider kits, with the rising costs of new trucks.

“Gliders are a great alternative for fleets and owner/operators with the tools and service technicians to bring a solid and existing powertrain back to life in a ‘brand new truck’,” said Alan Fennimore, Kenworth vocational marketing manager. “We’ve talked with several fleets that plan to purchase gliders and have their service technicians work on the conversions during slow or off periods. It can be an effective use of shop hours.”

Glider models will feature the latest offerings in each of the three models that are available, Kenworth announced. Customers will need to supply certain components themselves - including electrical harnesses, power steering pumps, batteries and air cleaners - which will also be available for purchase through Paccar Parts.

The company says the gliders will be available both as rolling and non-rolling (absent of driveline, axles, suspensions, wheels, tires and other rolling equipment) vehicles.

More info is available from Kenworth dealers.

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Kenworth T680 tour adds four Western Canadian stops

KIRKLAND, Wash. -- Kenworth has added nearly 50 new dates to its North American T680 Road Tour, including four appearances in Western Canada.

Newly announced Canadian dates include: July 16, Inland Kenworth, Langley, B.C.; July 20, GreatWest Kenworth, Calgary, Alta.; July 23, Custom Truck Sales, Saskatoon, Sask.; and July 26, Custom Truck Sales, Winnipeg, Man.

“The popular Kenworth T680 Road Tour hosted more than 3,000 customers during its initial 15 visits to Kenworth dealerships throughout the United States and Canada,” said Erik Johnson, Kenworth on-highway marketing manager.

The centrepiece of the road tour is the Kenworth T680 with 12.9-litre Paccar MX engine. The Class 8 highway tractor was introduced earlier this year.

More on the tour can be found at http://kenwortht680tour.com.

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Kenworth Says Tech Advances Boost Market Share

By Jonathan S. Reiskin, Associate News Editor

This story appears in the Nov. 7 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — Truck research conducted here has helped boost Kenworth Truck Co. sales by more than 90% this year, and ongoing demonstrations for fleets could maintain the trend into next year, the company’s general manager said of activities at the Paccar Technical Center.

Kenworth’s Gary Moore said product research done at the technical center two or more years ago contributed to the company gaining 2.8 points of market share in Class 8 U.S. retail sales for the first nine months of the year — to 13.1% from 10.3% during the same time in 2010. Kenworth’s U.S. volumes have grown more rapidly than the industry as a whole, which is up 50.5% for the first nine months.

“You have to approach it from a product standpoint in explaining our success. We’ve been developing new products since 2009, and now they’re available,” said Moore, who became general manager in early July.

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