Coronado vs cascadia

Basically the same truck different trim packages, They come as they are ordered. Someone has to spec every truck on the dealers lots, Freightliner does not just build them. If its lot stock then the dealer sets it up, If its for a customer the customer orders the tractor the way they want it.

 

The Coranodo is an older cab and design truck. It was never built with the computers needed to for automatic to work. Today the Coranodo is sold as Glider kit truck for people that want to run the pre emissions engines. It's not even setup to run the new emissions engines. So it can't take a even new technology automatic. They stopped making the truck in 2010. Unless someone orders it today as Glider Kit truck. Then you or dealer had to put and engine and transmission in the truck yourself. Their is no way to hook up a modern automatic transmission. The truck is setup for the old engines and standard transmission.

 

In 2010 you could get auto tranny's no big deal.

 

The Cascadia replaced the Columbia basicly, there was a few years when both were built from a drivers point of view they appeared to be a trim difference.

 

Well thats unfortunate about the restricted license, but its the way of the future, International's, Freightliners, and Volvos seem to work fairly well, Paccar on the other hand shift rough, don't like to back up. I'm a oncall driver so I have the advantage of driving almost everything on the road. I know freightliner does not build the tranny, but they spec it and it works well.

 

I've driven both manuals and autos and at first I didn't like the auto at all but after I returned to a manual for a bit while mine was fitted there's one really good thing that autos make a heck of a lot easier: backing!

Sure. We can float to avoid wearing our knee out going forward but it's best and safest to ride it while backing.

There is also more space in an auto which is another plus.
Don't fret the auto restriction. Manuals are dying off pretty quickly for those of us who give autos a chance. There's a lot of good an auto-shift does. And almost every truck on the road will be an auto in the next few years. We're almost there now. I actually see more autos than manuals now.

There really isn't much difference in drive train of the Cascadia and a Coronodo. The difference is the interrior design. Which one is best for you is your preference. Check them both out real good and choose the one you like the interrior of the best.