This above 50 yr old US-truck manufacturing business has a fantastic reputation for quality and beautiful design of their items. In 1981 Daimler-Benz AG, the parent business of Mercedes-Benz, one of many worlds biggest truck manufacturers, purchases the Freightliner Corporation. The business will continue all tasks under the original Freightliner title. Daimler-Benz has additionally imported a few models to Europe for demonstration purposes and truck shows. All Freightliner trucks have actually a typical fundamental technical design, many are custom-built to the customers needs. The model is a Conventional FLC 12064T Tractor with a 475 HP Cummins-Diesel engine and a 13 speed Fuller-Roadranger Transmission.