International kills the CXT, MXT and RXT
Another one bites the dust, and this time its International, that's decided to drop its line of non-commercial big rigs. Considering the tough times that automakers have been having moving traditional pickups off dealer lots and into driveways, you can imagine the problems that International must be having with its CXT, MXT and RXT consumer-grade semis. Current fuel prices alone may have been enough to bring the Internationals to a grinding halt, but the faltering economy, which has made luxury toy purchases much harder to justify, may have been the final nail in the XT's coffin. In any case, this isn't a death-blow to International, as the company didn't sell too many of these leviathans anyway, and their demise will allow the company to focus its attention back on the heavy-duty hauler segment that is its bread-and-butter, along with the military segment, which surely is more profitable than the others.
[Source: Kicking Tires]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Hike15 7:35PM (9/26/2008)
Good news for the f-650...
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fastwgn286 7:36PM (9/26/2008)
aston kutcher's gonna throw a fit
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catgirlshyla 8:00PM (9/26/2008)
Aston Kutcher was a moron for buying one in the first place. Ditto to anyone buying these trucks period.
We can at least forgive Arnie if he bought one, cause he also has a Pinzgauer AND a tank as well.
Brian 11:04AM (9/27/2008)
LOL. Ashton might just throw a fit.
That is just exactly what these things were built for. People with money who like big expensive toys. Hey this is America. You can buy what you want for the right price. So who cares if a few wealthy people have these and drive them around every once in a while. Its freedom of choice.
No ecomentalist responses please. These rigs weren't exactly driven by soccer moms and clogging up the roadways. The made how many of these? A few thousand maybe? So you might only see one a few times a year.
Stevelovescars 7:38PM (9/26/2008)
I'm a bit speechless. When I saw one of those things, I think it was SEMA, I thought it was just a joke or a one-off custom job. They actually tried to sell those? Seems like the answer to a question NOBODY was asking.
I suppose there might have been a small handful of ultra-wealthy Texans who needed something like this to tow a trailer with a dozen Arabian horses, or something equally rare, but seriously? Unless these guys also happened to own a transport company why would they have even set foot in an International dealership?
Wow.
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MemphisNET 7:40PM (9/26/2008)
Funny, saw three different trucks over the last few days - damn are they ever nice - even if I have absolutely no use for one.
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Michael 7:40PM (9/26/2008)
Damnit. I was going to buy one, too!
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Joshua 7:48PM (9/26/2008)
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so sick of seeing these things take up the road. Sucks for economy, sucks for the people in industries that suffer ... but these things are just unsafe and dangerous to have so many 'regular' people driving around for no real reason.
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Yar 8:18PM (9/26/2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpKRd2xQeq8
John 10:20AM (9/27/2008)
You know what I'm sick of? People driving in their Civic's and Prius' thinking they are saving the plant and are better than everyone else.
You probably have a hard time seeing the road with your nose stuck up so high up in the air.
Yaroukh 7:54PM (9/26/2008)
Their truck always looked to me like something made in Russia.
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Torrent 7:54PM (9/26/2008)
good riddance cuz they're fugly
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Nobody Special 8:57PM (9/26/2008)
Dude,,,,,,,,,,,,,,bummer, I mean hummer,,a,,,er,,,,bummer,,,,,,,,,dude.
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That One Person 12:41AM (9/27/2008)
Good.
International better start paying attention to their heavy haulers. Our ONE year old International tandem dumpers are pure garbage. And our International semi with only 200k miles is already biting the dust. Pretty sad.
My supervisor was looking at buying a couple triple axle dumpers and I flat out told him to look somewhere else.
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Huck 9:27PM (10/04/2008)
I drive tractor trailers for a living...I absolutely agree with you that Internationals SUCK. Constant problems and issues... After just ONE year, my International Eagle sleeper crapped out...110,000 miles and the turbo was toast...they are garbage.
Huck
jpvbs 1:10AM (9/27/2008)
I guess I'll have to go to the Freightliner dealer now and pick up a Unimog for my Home Depot trips.
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RLQ 4:04AM (9/27/2008)
I like International trucks, but they should of stuck to commercial trucks.
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jrhmobile 6:39AM (9/27/2008)
But just think of the hunnerd or so copies of these industrial-sized asshole pickups that have become instant F*!kin' Right I'm A J#@ckoff Asshole Redneck collectors items.
There will be pug-fat jerks in XXL satin baseball jackets bidding these to the moon! High-end customizers like Straman will be building coachbuilt conversion kits to make "tribute" models out of clapped-out reefer trucks.
Think of this as the next pump'n'dump investment scheme. What the hell is "numbers matching" worth on an International?
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Rocketboy 8:29AM (9/27/2008)
Angry much?
Let me guess, all BMW drivers are arseholes as well?
jrhmobile 2:12PM (9/27/2008)
@rocketboy
Oh no. I'm not angry about this at all. In fact I think it's funny as Hell ...