Volvo cancels D16, puts VNX tractor on hold

23 Jan by Vitaliy Dadalyan

Volvo cancels D16, puts VNX tractor on hold

Diminishing demand for its 16-liter engine the reason D16 won’t be sold into North American market anymore.

In a mid-day memo to its dealer network last Friday, Volvo Trucks announced that it will no longer be selling its 16-liter D16 engine in the North American market anymore, citing “diminishing demand” as the reason for the cancellation.

Introduced into the U.S. back in 2005, the D16 offered displacement of 550 to 625 hp – mainly at heavy haul applications.

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