Freightliner builds the big rig of the future

what a joke..
you would think by now they could at least figure out how to do an interior.. still cup holder right at the am\fm radio just close enough to spill in the radio and short out and if your a smoker the ash tray gets hit every time you shift up...and why not some leg room why does the dash have to come all the way to the floor no room to streach out your right leg while cruise is on. all cramped up POS
looks like one of those old Revell snap together models...
I would not drive it..and sure wouldnt own one

 

Typical "computer designed" junkpile. Ignores the fact that OTR is headed for "team only"operation within the next 10 years. Also, aluminum frame will not hold up under the 125,000 pund gross weights that are coming. Wait'll you get to drive with computer-only controlled braking and steering systems they have planned for you in their wisdom. Gonna be alot of dead truckers by 2024.

 

LED lighting ought to be worth at least minus 5cpm!

If they are going to take out the passenger seat means no ride alongs or road tests!

I would make that space for a fridge where a driver could reach for a cold drink.

That has to be the ugliest hood I've seen. Nobody wants a hot arse sunroof anymore. Pretty, yes. Practical, no.

 

That's just UGLY !

 

Was ugly in person as well. I won't touch anything Freightliner has made other than the FLD

 

Looks like it took a lot of cues from the European market. They might be trying to build a "world" truck.

You've been-----\/\/\/\-----Thunderstruck!!!

 

I guess in the future we won't need mirrors anymore... Looks like a F100


Oh the mirrors are inside. Great something else that's basic to go bad.

 

1954 Ford Pickup. Which was and still is a sharp truck.

This...not so much...

 

Wish there were more and better interior pics. I like the desk in place of a pass. seat and the walk-in door in the back is good.

Why don't they get rid of all that heavy glass windshield and door windows and mount cameras on the hood and the driver can just watch a monitor?