Navistar Launches A26 Engine
Posted: 2017-03-21 16:30:00
Navistar has unveiled a new 12.4-litre engine, the International A26, which will replace the company’s N13 13-liter engine offering. “This engine is as simple as a modern diesel engine can be,” says Joao Silva, A26’s chief engineer.
The engine will be available in Navistar’s on-highway long-haul LT tractor series.
At 2,299 pounds, the A26 is the lightest engine in its class and is 55 pounds lighter than the N13 engine it will replace in International’s order book at the end of the year. Built from the MAN D26 engine crankcase, the engine outputs up to 475 HP and 1750 lb.-ft. of torque.
The company also boasts a 5 percent boost to fuel economy when compared to the N13. International, testing an LT Series truck spec’d with the A26, became the first OEM to exceed 8 mpg on a hilly test route in Kentucky.
