Test driving the new CT680

May 14, 2015

Caterpillar introduced the third model in its CT line of vocational trucks - the set-forward-axle CT680 - during a special ride and drive event at its Tinaja Hills, AZ, proving grounds. Though only two tractor configurations of the new CT680 were available for testing - the gray one equipped with an 18-speed manual and a red one spec'd with Caterpillar's CX31 automatic transmission - company executives stressed that the Class 8 CT680 is also available as a straight truck chassis model, too.

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Sean Kilcarr is a former longtime FleetOwner senior editor who wrote for the publication from 2000 to 2018. He served as editor-in-chief from 2017 to 2018.

 

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