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Cat truck begins cabover C The companies said they plan to build and sell a COE Cat vocation- al truck that would be sold global- ly. The companies said they will final- production, plans aterpillar Inc. has begun pro- duction of its CT660 vocational truck for the North American market and is shipping units to customers, the company said at a media intro- duction event Sept. 28 in Peoria, Ill. Meanwhile, Caterpillar and Navi- star International Corp. announced they will continue their collabora- tion on vocation- al and on-highway trucks for glob- al markets with a cabover vocational truck. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF "A COUPLE OF COMPONENTS," THE CT660 IS NEW FROM THE FRAME RAILS UP. — GARY BLOOD, CAT VOCATIONAL TRUCK PRODUCT MANAGER ize terms of this new business in the coming months. Caterpillar launched the CT660 six months ago at the ConExpo- ConAgg trade show in Las Vegas. CT660 was developed using the Navistar WorkStar vocational truck as a starting point. Cat trucks will offer only one make of engine: Navistar's 2010 EGR-only family of heavy-duty diesel engines, paint- ed yellow and branded as Cat CT11 and CT13 diesels. The two compa- nies jointly developed the high-pres- sure fuel injection system that helps enable Navistar engines to meet EPA 2010 emissions regulations without use of Selective Catalytic Reduc- tion exhaust after- treatment systems requiring Diesel Exhaust Fluid. Cat will offer the CT660 now with either an 11- liter or 13-liter diesel engine, with horsepow- er ratings ranging from 330 to 475 hp. A 15-liter option is planned with power ratings as high as 550 hp, al- though Gary Blood, Caterpillar vo- cational truck product manager, says the current 475 hp CT13 engine mated with Cat's CX31 automated manual transmission delivers power on par with a 15 liter now. 16 TRUCKERS NEWS NOVEMBER 2011 The CX31 weighs 100 pounds more than the standard Eaton 10- speed manual gearbox offered in the CT660. Blood said it's delivering up to an 8 percent boost in fuel econ- omy and offers three exclusive rear PTO options for mixers and other applications. Blood said that with the excep- tion of "a couple of components," the CT660 is new from the frame rails up. In June 2008, the two companies announced plans to form an alli- ance for the on-highway truck busi- ness. This led to a 50/50 joint ven- ture called NC2 Global LLC that fo- cuses on development of on-high- way trucks for markets outside of North America. The companies announced they will restructure NC2. Under terms of this new relationship, NC2 will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Navistar. Also, through a new brand licensing agreement, both In- ternational and Caterpillar branded trucks will continue to be distribut- ed through both International and Caterpillar dealers outside of the United States. COURTESY CATERPILLAR