New Cabovers in North America?

That is totally accurate.
I came out of an 1990 IHC 9700 high-rise cabover into the 2000 Argosy
The engineering on the IHC dated from 1980, the Argosy was designed in the late 1990's
The ride difference was like night and day.
I knew it, Freightliner knew it, but the marketplace was stuck with the old impression of cabovers from the 70's and before which were horrible. I had several of them. No amount of sales or technical data could shake the bad reputation. Cold, noisy, bad ride, hard to get into.
Freightliner gave up after 6 years(in 2006) on the North American market with the Argosy and concentrated on the export market which had no prejudice against the layout.

 

And stuck us with the crapacadia…..

 

I forgot about the foldout stairs!!
Maybe them land whales could get in a coe safely after all .. lol

 

Used to love that with the European Cab Overs. Somewhere nice and dry to put your shoes instead of traipsing ####e into the cab.