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MaxxForce 15-liter for strong, quiet ride. BY JACK ROBERTS
'm heading south from Dallas on I-15 into Texas hill country. It's not the Rockies, but it's the
best chance I'll have to put this 2012 International ProStar+ through its paces and find out if its Big Bore 15-liter will deliver the goods. So far, this new MaxxForce 15 diesel is powering my 77,000-pound gross with relative ease. A lot of motorists check out my gleaming orange-and-charcoal
ProStar+. Truckers with a more practiced eye know it's an aerodynamically styled truck, paying homage to the great International conventionals but without the sharp edges and flat surfaces. "Our drivers like the ride and
how quiet the truck is," says Aaron Tennant, president and CEO of Tennant Truck Lines of Orion, Ill. His company runs ProStar+ tractors as its standard spec vehicle. "They
When aerodynamic, perfor- mance and interior changes were made to the ProStar for the 2010 model year, the + designation was added to recognize those upgrades. Now any ProStar ordered in the United States and Canada is a ProStar+.
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Photos by Paul Hartley
