Why do so many Americans hate European trucks?

Was the best selling NA cab over , before they died out . Set back axle , forward mounted steps , flat floor . Stand up at steering wheel and walk back to the sleeper room. Inside the cab. Bare bones because who ordered it. Very clean for age thou. That model today .

 

Pic just for fun. Not legal, but was for a parade. Harrisburg Pa . Driver did well, on the parade route. Harrisburg can get tight downtown.

 

The same engine too.

 

Old 9600 and 9800 are still on road and till Euro-2 is not banned in Europe they are used for international shipping too.

The 9800i appered on our market in 2008. There were two assembly plants in St.Pete and Odessa but they offered not so cool looking models.

 

Ford truck in Kiev, Ukraine


Built in St. Petersburg 7600i of Euro-specification


Western Star in Kiev, Ukraine

 

call them what ever name you want, fancy em up and stretchem or whatever cab overs a meant for roads with length limits and tight spaces .. no matter where they're at.. imo..

 

Those 9800 Model COE are still assembled & sold in New Zealand..

 

It has the looks that North America loves.
On a other site off which i'm a member,the N A members admire the Magnum.
Even when it is pointed out to them that it was a cheap truck,it is the only EU truck they would like to have.

 

Only thing I like at Renault trucks is possibility to create interior space you want, although in reality no one do that , as drivers are lazy and too tired...and none of those concept ever lasted long......most of market simply keep buying classic 2seat-2bed layout

Fuel consumption is bad , entrance terrible, for a lot of time you could not stand inside, latter they raise cab for 20cm, quality low, it is not possible to sell it as used.....parts are unreasonably expensive

 

I do not care what the truck looks like, can it do the job and make money. Caesar points out all the advantages EU trucks have , I point out we had that 25 years back and evolved.