New PACCAR motor. Reminds me of E7 Mack

You must be talking about a 300 Mack.A 454 or a 460p-487 hp at the wheel, will pull a big cat up a hill, loaded heavy any day of the week.

 

Paccar is worldwide technology company owning Pete, KW, .... and DAF.
DAF is European (Netherlands, Belgium) truck mfg. (And DAF was/is based on german MAN trucks). (And MAxxforce engines are based on MAN technology).
PACCAR engines in the US are branded DAF engines, converted to suite North American market. Main reason for this is new diesel requirements.
Poor on power, just like Volvo and MB engines, expensive to repair/rebuild, complicated, with good mileage.
So... rather than developing new engines to keep up with EPA requirements, US engine/truck makers turned to EURO techology that has been fighting new diesel regulations since 1990.
Their rules are categorized as EURO 1, EURO 2, ....etc.
(Currently on EURO 6.

Detroit to Mercedes
Navistar to MAN (read Maxxforce)
Pete/KW to DAF (read PACCAR)
Volvo NA to Volvo Europe.
Mack to Renault later Volvo.
CAT is out of OTR engines, but selling engine blocks to Navistar.
Cummins used some ideas from Scania.

 

We have both DAF and MAN and there are no commonalities except they both use ZF transmissions.
No diff , chassis, suspension, steering , cab, or engine parts.
The injection system is not even the same sort of technology.

Daf is defiantly Dutch and Man German.

 

Can you get a different engine in a Paccar other than DAF? Are they still offering Cummins?

 

yes Paccar and Cummins is it.

 

Thanks. I think that if I were planning on buying a new Paccar truck I would go with Cummins. It would probably be easier to get parts and someone to work on it without having to go back to the dealer.

 

I agree, it's like buying a Mack or even worse a Volvo with they're branded engines. Your pretty limited on parts and service.