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Freightliner Century Class

The Freightliner Century Class is a Class 8 heavy-duty conventional truck produced by Freightliner from 1995 until 2010 in North America, with export production continuing to 2020.

Freightliner Trucks

Freightliner Trucks is an American manufacturer of medium- and heavy-duty commercial trucks, founded in 1942, owned by Daimler-Benz since 1981, and headquartered in Portland, Oregon.

Gama Goat

The Gama Goat, officially the M561 1¼-ton 6x6 cargo truck, was an articulated, semi-amphibious military truck produced for the US Army from 1969 to 1973 and retired by 1991.

GAZ-51 (ГАЗ-51)

The GAZ-51 was a Soviet 2.5-ton, 4×2 cargo truck produced by the Gorky Automobile Plant in Gorky from 1946 to 1975, with nearly 3.5 million built.

General Motors Atlas engine

The General Motors Atlas engine family is a series of all-aluminum inline four-, five-, and six-cylinder engines that GM produced from the 2002 model year through 2012.

Heavy Equipment Transport System

The Heavy Equipment Transport System, also known as the HET (Heavy Equipment Transporter), is the U.S. Army's M1070 tractor and M1000 semitrailer for moving main battle tanks.

Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck

The Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT) is a family of 8-wheel drive tactical trucks built by Oshkosh Defense for the United States Army since 1982.

Hino 500

The Hino 500 Series, sold in Japan as the Hino Ranger, is a line of medium-duty trucks made by Hino Motors, a Toyota subsidiary, sold across Asia, Australia, and other export markets.

Hino Motors (日野自動車)

Hino Motors (日野自動車) is a Japanese manufacturer of trucks and buses founded in 1942, a Toyota subsidiary from 2001 until its 2026 integration with Mitsubishi Fuso under ARCHION.

Humvee

The Humvee, formally the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), is a four-wheel-drive military truck built by AM General that replaced the Jeep lineage from 1985.

Intermodal container chassis

An intermodal container chassis is a skeletal steel semi-trailer built to carry a shipping container over the road, held by twist-locks; the short trucking move is called drayage.

International Harvester IDI

The International Harvester IDI is a family of naturally aspirated 6.9L and 7.3L diesel V-8 engines that powered Ford trucks from 1983 to 1994, preceding the 7.3L Power Stroke.

International MV Series

The International MV Series is a Class 6/7 medium-duty commercial truck from International Motors, introduced in 2018 to replace the DuraStar, offered with Cummins B6.7 and L9 engines.

International Trucks

International Trucks is the commercial truck brand of International Motors, an American manufacturer of Class 4 through 8 trucks, diesel engines, and IC Bus school and commercial buses owned by TRATON.

Isuzu

Isuzu Motors Limited, also known as Isuzu Jidōsha Kabushiki-gaisha, is a Japanese commercial vehicle and diesel engine maker headquartered in Yokohama, Japan's oldest automaker, tracing to 1916.

Isuzu Elf (いすゞ・エルフ)

The Isuzu Elf is a line of light-duty commercial trucks built by Isuzu since 1959, sold in most export markets as the Isuzu N-Series, with production above 6.5 million units.

Iveco

Iveco, an acronym of Industrial Vehicles Corporation, is an Italian manufacturer of trucks, vans, and buses founded in 1975 from five European brands, based in Turin.

Kamaz (КАМАЗ)

Kamaz (КАМАЗ, from the Kama Automobile Plant) is a Russian heavy truck and diesel engine manufacturer in Naberezhnye Chelny, founded in 1969, with over 2.25 million trucks built.

Kamaz Typhoon (КамАЗ Тайфун)

The Kamaz Typhoon (КамАЗ Тайфун) is a family of Russian armored, mine-resistant trucks built by KamAZ, with the 6x6 KamAZ-63968 Typhoon-K as its main variant.

Kenworth

Kenworth is an American manufacturer of medium- and heavy-duty commercial trucks, founded in Seattle, Washington, in 1923 and owned by PACCAR Inc, which also builds Peterbilt and DAF trucks.

Kenworth T680

The Kenworth T680 is a Class 8 aerodynamic conventional tractor built by Kenworth, a PACCAR subsidiary, introduced in 2012 to replace the T660 and T700 in long-haul freight.

Kenworth W900

The Kenworth W900 is a long-hood Class 8 conventional truck produced by Kenworth since 1963, with over 280,000 sold; Kenworth announced in March 2025 that production ends in 2026.

KrAZ (Кременчуцький автомобільний завод)

KrAZ, also known as AvtoKrAZ and Kremenchugsky Avtomobilny Zavod, is a Ukrainian truck manufacturer in Kremenchuk that has built heavy off-road trucks since 1959, peaking at 30,655 vehicles in 1986.

List of truck manufacturers

The list of truck manufacturers covers the companies that build freight trucks, from light delivery vans to heavy tractor units, including Daimler Truck, TRATON, Volvo Group, and PACCAR.

Mack Trucks

Mack Trucks is an American manufacturer of medium- and heavy-duty trucks, founded in 1900 by Jack and Gus Mack and owned by the Volvo Group since 2001.

Magirus

Magirus is a German manufacturer of firefighting vehicles and turntable ladders, founded in Ulm in 1864 by firefighter Conrad Dietrich Magirus and owned by Iveco until 2025.

MAN F2000

The MAN F2000 is a range of heavy-duty trucks built by German manufacturer MAN from 1994 to the early 2000s, covering gross weights from 19 to 41 tonnes.

MAN Truck & Bus

MAN Truck & Bus (MAN Nutzfahrzeuge) is a Munich-based German manufacturer of trucks, buses, and vans under the MAN and NEOPLAN brands, owned by Volkswagen's TRATON since 2013.

Maxus (大通)

Maxus, also known as SAIC Maxus, is a Chinese commercial and passenger vehicle brand owned by SAIC Motor, founded in 2011 and sold in more than 120 countries.

Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement

The Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) is a 7-ton all-terrain military truck built by Oshkosh Defense, serving as the U.S. Marine Corps' primary heavy tactical vehicle.