I was conducting some comparisons between the W900 and W990. The W990 has some nice features and made be think twice about each one. The W990 does not have a couch. For me, that is a major drawback. My W900A has no leg room, the same as the W900L standard day cab. I much prefer the Aerocab with the couch. I am leading toward the W900B (short hood) aerocab (would save 11" worth of wheelbase and some weight). Maybe I am biased to them, because the W9's are what I have the most experience working on and driving.
There aren't any extreme aerodynamic mods that could not be had on the W900. In my opinion, they could have applied aerodynamic mods to the existing W900, making an optional W900 Aero model. Part of Kenworth's reasoning was to adopt the line to the new cabs and phasing out the huck bolted hand made cabs and sleeper among other things. It's understandable, as companies must strive to be competitive and save costs.
Jones performance makes a cowl hood. I've seen a photo of the W900L with the cowl hood and no air cleaners. It still looked sharp as ever. Kenworth could have created a new hood, deleted the air cleaners, made some side fairings for it and called it a day. It might have even bested the W990's slight increase in fuel economy.
What do you guy's and gals think? Would like to hear from someone who has both the W9 (B or L) and has also driven the W990. I can't comment on the 990 because I don't have any experience with it other than sitting in the nice cushy updated interior.
W900 Vs. W990
Discussion in 'Kenworth Forum' started by Vampire, Sep 5, 2020.
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I think the new 990 is pretty sexy if dressed up properly:
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I'm not sure what KW was thinking with the W990, to me it somehow lacks some type of identity. It almost looks like it was created by some truck shop out of the remnants of a wrecked T680, which is all it really is, a T680 with a big hood. I've sat in the 990 and I own and drive a W900L, other than the extra space between the seats on a 990 I really have no use for it and I'm a KW guy all the way. I don't see very many of them, I wonder if they're catching on. Now if I won some type of contest where the grand prize was a W990 I'd probably keep it, but I'm not running out to buy one on my own accord.
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