Video: Severe-Service Features in Western Star's Only Mass-Market Truck

Guy Lemieux talks about how Western Star is incorporating its severe-duty truck features in the Model 4700, which is built for broader vocational-truck markets

March 14, 2014

Guy Lemieux talks about how Western Star is incorporating its severe-duty truck features in the Model 4700, which is built for broader vocational-truck markets

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