Peterbilt first entered the medium-duty segment in 1995 with its Model 330 and came out of the gate with less than 2% marketshare by year end. The company now boasts five models (including a refuse model), and 25 years later has increased its segment marketshare more than five-fold.
On Wednesday, Peterbilt gave its medium-duty line a makeover with four new models.
Designed for Class 5 and Class 6 non-CDL lease and rental markets, the Model 535 and Model 536 were born from a clean sheet design and through a development program that took five years.
The trucks' robotically-assembled aluminum cab is 8-inches wider than the previous generation cab and has room for three adults to sit. It features a floor height of 40.5-inches and a roof height of 74-inches.
Peterbilt Medium-Duty Segment Manager Phil Hall noted the cab was designed to sit three inches lower to improve ingress and egress while stair-style steps and knurled grab handles boost safety.
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