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Who benifits by "priming the pump" on excessive "guesses" on the up coming diesel option price?
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It's not guessing. International executives stated it as a fact last fall.
" Prices for International mid-range diesel powered trucks and IC buses are estimated to increase $5,000 to $6,000 per vehicle while for International Class 8 truck/tractors with supplier engines, the estimates range from $7,000 to $10,000. Additional charges will apply with certain engines where higher horsepower requires dual after treatment. "
Read it for yourself at
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"Supplier engines" in International Eagle OTR tractors include Cummins, Detroit Diesel, and Caterpillar.
Smaller Cummins and Caterpillar engines are also available in Ford F-650 and F-750 trucks, so if you need one of those "cheap", now might be the best time to buy one.
Ford price increases should be around the same ballpark as International's, so a $5,000 increase in prices for 2008 models is not a WAG.
But they haven't announced prices yet, so nobody knows for sure how much they will take out of their hide and how much they will pass on to their customers.
(In case you don't already know, "IC" buses are International school buses and some commercial buses produced by IC Corporation, which is another wholly-owned subsidiary of the same folks that own International Truck and Engine. IC is the biggest bus manufacturer in the country, as they make most of the school buses sold in the USA.)
