Year Founded
1923
Founder
George T. Gerlinger
Headquarters
Kirkland, Washington, United States
Parent
PACCAR
Official Site
Kenworth Truck Company is based in America. The company was founded in 1923 and was established as a successor of Gersix Motor Company. Kenworth is known for manufacturing Class 8 and Class 5 to 7 commercial and medium-duty vehicles. The company was founded by Harry Kent and Edgar Worthington and it is headquartered in Kirkland, Washington, USA.
Kenworth has been a subsidiary of PACCAR since 1945 and its sister company is Peterbilt Motors. Kenworth company was known as Gerlinger Motors in 1912 and it was owned by Louis Gerlinger and George T. Gerlinger. The company was known for its trucks and cars dealership. The company was renamed to Gersix in 1914. The company went bankrupt in 1917 and was on sale and this when Harry Kent and Edgar Worthington bought the company and named it Kenworth.
The slogan of Kenworth is “The World’s Best”.
The Kenworth trucks are also called K-Whopper.
Kenworth engines feature 12.9 Liter PACCAR MX-13.
Kenworth engines are manufactured by PACCAR.
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