Western Star earlier this month rolled out its third model in two years – the on-highway 57X. Since its 2020 pivot to become Daimler Truck North America's vocational brand, Western Star has launched models 49X and 47X but the 57X marks an about-face from the jobsite. The 57X will replace the 5700XE – Western Star's first foray into aero market that debuted in 2014 and starred as Optimus Prime in the Transformer franchise that same year. The model 5700XE was discontinued at the end of last year. The 57X is the most fuel-efficient model Western Star has ever built – 5.8% more fuel-efficient than its predecessor. About half of those gains come from an aerodynamic retooling and the other half from a powertrain comprised exclusively of Detroit products. In the video above, ride along with CCJ Chief Editor Jason Cannon as he takes a spin around the Detroit-Metro area, and hear from product experts Clint LaPreze and Ryan Major about some of the highlights of Western Star's newest model. [Related: Test driving Western Star 57X] In this video00:00 - Intro 00:34 - Bumper, lights, safety features, & automated driving 02:23 - Hood, air intake, mirrors, & visibility 03:36 - Interior 04:12 - Dashboard overview 07:18 - How does the inside look & feel? 07:59 - Aerodynamics & MPG 08:55 - Conclusion Video transcriptJason Cannon Ryan Major Jason Cannon We are still holding on to that 39 feet. We're at 33 feet. Now we're down to two miles an hour. And if that van were to stop, this truck is going to stop. Again my feet are firmly planted on the floor. My hands aren't really on the steering wheel. They should be, but this is just sort of a demonstration that it's keeping itself in the lane and it's pacing itself with traffic. It looks like we're about to stop. My feet are on the ground and here we go; we are stopping. We didn't hit the van. The van's going to take off, and since we didn't stay here longer than two seconds, the truck starts itself and we're going to catch back up to the van. Ryan Major Jason Cannon Ryan Major Clint LaPreze I swipe down once on the left hand side. I get my temperature and my oil pressure. Swiping down again gives me my axle temperature, readings, so on and so forth through five different menu settings. If I swipe to the right, it takes me back to the center display area where I can choose the information I would like to see here. I have two options here. I can select an option that just shows me my miles per hour and my RPM readings or, if I swipe down, that's the driver assistance screen where, if we were out on the road, it would show the vehicle in front of us. Swiping over to the left provides the entertainment or trip information for the driver. Swipe down once and it shows trip information a second time, lifetime fuel consumption and radio information, and if the driver does have a phone paired with the system they can control the device, music and phone operation there. The steering wheel controls consist of many different common features for the driver. You have your set speed for cruise control and resume on the left-hand side, a back button, a cancellation and a marker interrupt. On the upper right-hand corner you see this control with two squares, or two cards, if you will. And if I click that, it allows me to have quick menu access to adjust my following distance or my lane bias for active lane assist. If I press it again, it provides me control for intelligent powertrain management with the upper and lower history values. To exit the menu I can press the back button. Moving over to the right hand side of the steering wheel. I have the option for phone receive or hang up, a secondary back button, a mute, and a volume up and a volume down. Jason Cannon Ryan Major Jason Cannon If I'm an owner operator, if I'm a small fleet, and I'm really looking for a premium driving experience – maybe I'm looking for a reward truck – this is absolutely that. It is comfortable. I think I've mentioned before that it's cliche to say that these trucks have a very automotive feel. This truck has a very automotive feel from the fit and finish, which is super premium, to the technology in play, the lane centering technology. This is just a very nice, very safe truck. https://ift.tt/vINmQko
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