commissioned Mack Customer Care Center in Allentown, which used to be the technical cen- ter with its own test track. With the 2009 move of Mack headquarters to the splendid Volvo campus in Greensboro, N.C., the center has become a place where customers can go to see Mack history, experi- ence Mack products — and drive the Pinnacle and its mDrive transmission for themselves. The Pinnacle is not new. In fact, it goes back to the launch of the Vision in 1999 and, in its basic cab structure, back to the launch of the Mack CH in 1988. But the Vision was a complete redo of the ear- lier truck with more room for the driver, a total aero package and the "M" shape to the grille.
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The Pinnacle was introduced in 2006 to coincide
with the launch of the MP engines as the truck and engine combination that would meet the upcoming 2007 emissions regulations and, more importantly, carry through the Environmental Protection Agen- cy's 2010 emissions standards into the next decade. It's Mack's highway tractor with all the aero aids
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