International's CXT pickup truck -- at FedEx Field through today -- is built on the same platform as the company's snowplows. (By Lucian Perkins -- The Washington Post)
International's CXT pickup truck -- at FedEx Field through today -- is built on the same platform as the company's snowplows. (By Lucian Perkins -- The Washington Post)
*sigh* It's beautiful!
Bigger garage! You're going to need to own a gas station!!!
I like it, needs a bigger bed though.
it is beautiful. this was floated in prototype by freightliner back in 2000.
Sniff...sniff, it's beautiful! I'm all verklempt thinking about it..hooked up to a nice fifth wheel RV!
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Monster truck madness
I want one! If I was rich enough to afford the truck, I'd be rich enough to afford the fuel.
This writer is suffering some kind of Freudian envy complex.
Wow! Does it come with four wheel drive?
Tim the Tool Man Taylor had the best description for this one...MORE POWER!!!!
Just what America needs...a new toy for guys who wish they were real men. No real man what stray within a mile of buying one of these.
Pick-up for guys with the short-man complex.
On the other hand, they did a nice job. It is nice looking.
"It'll probably [tick] the tree huggers off," says Kevin Roberts, 41, a Prince George's County firefighter who has just taken the CXT for a test spin around the orange-cone-lined track. With a "gross vehicle weight rating" of 25,999 pounds -- one more pound and you'd need a commercial license to drive it -- the diesel truck gets about nine miles to the gallon. It can go 75 miles per hour.
Asked for an evaluation, Roberts says, "It's pretty good for what it is."
The truck drives heavy. It's got air brakes and you have to turn corners at a wide angle. The interior is plush and the sloping hood offers good visibility. But it feels like a big old U-Haul.
Professional truck driver David Jennings drives International's demos from show to show. In gray shirt and jeans, he hops behind the wheel of the CXT and drives along the track.
When he turns sharply, the passenger nearly falls out of his seat.
"There's a Holy Crap bar," he says, pointing to a handy handle on the frame near the window. "It turns like a truck."
In the hands of soccer moms, these could be extremely dangerous. By the way, why do people driving monsterous SUVs slow down for the speed bumps in the mall parking lot? I swear I saw a lady driving an H2 Hummer the other day and she was sailing through a parking lot only to hit the brakes and crawl over the little 3-inch speed bump.
To tow what???? A house????
What can I say as I sit here with a limp...err...uh...umm...jaw?