<story><title>Why are semi trucks in the US and Europe so different? (2018)</title><url>https://nodum.org/why-semi-trucks-in-us-and-europe-are-so-different/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jbkiv</author><text>I remember when Mercedes Benz bought Freightliner, the major US truck manufacturer,in the 80s.
The Mercedes Benz engineeers were astonished to see how UN-sophisticated the engineering of Freightliner trucks was.
Example: no assisted steering!!! That choice was justified as more macho.
I was told that assisted steering was not manly enough...</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>anarazel</author><text>The noise level of some US trucks still surprises me. Jet engine like.</text></comment>
<story><title>Why are semi trucks in the US and Europe so different? (2018)</title><url>https://nodum.org/why-semi-trucks-in-us-and-europe-are-so-different/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jbkiv</author><text>I remember when Mercedes Benz bought Freightliner, the major US truck manufacturer,in the 80s.
The Mercedes Benz engineeers were astonished to see how UN-sophisticated the engineering of Freightliner trucks was.
Example: no assisted steering!!! That choice was justified as more macho.
I was told that assisted steering was not manly enough...</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>kfarr</author><text>There can be value in simplicity - fewer things to break and easier to repair.</text></comment>