Volvo Trucks North America, Inc., today announced that freight transportation services provider U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc., has ordered 500 of Volvo’s VN highway tractors.

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Delivery of the VNL780 models will begin in the second quarter of 2003, and is expected to extend over a twelve-month period. One hundred of the vehicles will be equipped with Volvo VE D12 engines; the remainder will be equipped with Cummins ISX engines.


“Since its introduction only a few weeks ago, the new VN model is generating a tremendous amount of positive feedback from our customers and dealers,” said Scott Kress, Volvo senior vice president – sales. “We’re very pleased that U.S. Xpress, which has been a valued Volvo customer since 1998, has decided to add the new VN to its first-class fleet.”

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