Sterling Trucks Corporation (commonly designated Sterling ) was an American truck manufacturer . Founded in 1998, Sterling was created following the 1997 acquisition of the heavy-truck product lines of Ford Motor Company by Freightliner . Taking its nameplate from a long-defunct truck manufacturer, Sterling was slotted between Freightliner and Western Star within the Daimler product range (later Daimler Trucks North America ).
13-451: The Sterling Bullet is a medium-duty vocational truck that was marketed by Sterling Trucks from 2007 to 2009. It is a rebadged Dodge Ram , specifically the 3500/4500/5500 Chassis Cab variant, with the most visible difference being the unique grille compared to the Ram. Sterling Trucks was a division of Freightliner Trucks which, like Dodge, was owned by the former DaimlerChrysler . The Bullet
26-601: A continuation of the Ford L-Series after Freightliner's purchase of Ford's heavy truck product lines and the Louisville production facility. With bodies added by third-party upfitters/body builders, these cab/chassis vehicles were used for freight distribution as well as heavy vocational uses, such as construction, snow plowing and refuse collection. In the last few years of operation, the company also marketed light to medium-duty cab/chassis vehicles from corporate siblings, such as
39-846: A plan to discontinue the Sterling product line in an effort to consolidate its North American truck manufacturing operations under the Freightliner and Western Star brands. The company stopped taking orders for new trucks in January 2009, the St. Thomas manufacturing plant closed in March 2009, and the Portland, Oregon, plant was closed in June 2010. From 1997 to 2009, Sterling produced several lines of trucks. Within Daimler-Benz,
52-483: A tilt-adjustable steering column, a leather-wrapped steering wheel, a cruise control, and a four-speaker sound system. The Bullet was discontinued after 2009 after a decision to stop selling the Sterling brand of medium to heavy-duty trucks. Customer support for Sterling trucks at certain dealerships for service and parts would continue. The equivalent Dodge Ram 3500, 4500, and 5500 chassis cab trucks were sold alongside
65-517: Is a Class 4 and 5 truck and has a Gross Weight of 16,500 lb (7,500 kg) for the Class 4 model and 19,500 lb (8,800 kg) for Class 5. The chassis for the Bullet was designed for use with a variety of truck configurations, including dump, contractor, towing, and box trucks. The main difference between the Ram and rebadged Bullet was a new front fascia and both 'Sterling' and 'Bullet' badging on
78-435: The 360 (a rebadged Mitsubishi Fuso Canter ) and Bullet (a badge-engineered Dodge Ram Chassis Cab). These were typically outfitted with bodies suitable for use as lighter vocational trucks — those designed to perform jobs other than straight freight hauling — including fire trucks , garbage trucks , dump trucks , concrete mixers , tanker trucks , and snowplows . On October 14, 2008, Daimler Trucks North America announced
91-478: The Bullet. Thus, there was no replacement for the Bullet with another vehicle. After the 2009 model year , the Ram HD Series of trucks was redesigned. Sterling Trucks Introduced as a rebadged version of Ford Louisville/Aeromax product line, the Sterling product range was expanded in the 2000s with medium-duty (Class 5–7) trucks. After years of struggling to meet sales expectations, Daimler discontinued
104-477: The North American division of Volvo Trucks ). As the Sterling trademark had become dormant for so long, when Freightliner (whose own trucks were distributed by White Motor Company from the 1950s to 1975) sought to use the name in 1997, there were no grounds for objection from Volvo. The Sterling was applied by Freightliner to Class 8 tractors, as well as a range of medium- and heavy-duty cab/chassis vehicles as
117-808: The Sterling Trucks line in 2009. Headquartered in Redford Township, Michigan ( Detroit ), Sterling assembled its conventional-cab vehicles in St. Thomas, Ontario and Portland, Oregon. Sterling-brand trucks were sold in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, and New Zealand. The original company was founded in 1906 by William Sternberg as the Sternberg Motor Truck Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Early models offered were of cab-over design, in 1-, 1.5- 3.5- and 5-ton capacities. Sternberg changed
130-538: The Sterling product range was slotted between the Freightliner and Western Star product lines. Through much of its existence, the Sterling product range served as continuation of the second-generation Ford Louisville/AeroMax conventional product line (introduced in 1996). Mitsubishi Fuso Canter Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include
143-489: The company name to Sterling at the onset of World War I. Sterling built many different heavy-duty trucks for commercial, construction and military customers in the ensuing years. The company was bought by White Motor Company on June 1, 1951. About two years later, the Sterling nameplate was retired. Following its last use in 1953, the trademark of Sterling would change hands several times, through White Motor Company and its successor Volvo-White Motor Company (itself becoming
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#1732858725912156-452: The exterior of the truck. Both 2-Door Regular Cab and 4-Door Quad Cab models were available. To differentiate the Bullet from the related Ram 3500/4500/5500 Chassis Cab, the former was only available with the latter's 6.7L Cummins ISB engine, with no gasoline engine option. Both manual and Aisin AS68RC heavy-duty automatic transmissions were offered (both transmissions were six-speed units), as
169-543: Was two-wheel-drive (rear-wheel-drive) or four-wheel-drive. Standard features included an A/M-F/M radio with single-disc CD/MP3 player and auxiliary audio input, a two-speaker sound system, full instrumentation, vinyl flooring, vinyl seating surfaces, forged steel wheels, black bumpers and front grille, bench seating, and manual windows and door locks. Options included air conditioning, cloth seating surfaces, chrome bumpers and front grille, power windows and door locks, keyless entry, security system, chrome-plated forged steel wheels,
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