FUSO STRENGTHENS PRESENCE IN ALABAMA WITH BIRMINGHAM FREIGHTLINER BECOMING AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP
- Birmingham Freightliner, owned by Peach State Truck Center, adds the Mitsubishi Fuso truck brand at its Alabama location.
- This is Peach State Truck Center’s third FUSO dealership franchise.
- Birmingham Freightliner will sell and service FUSO DIESEL and GAS models.
Birmingham, Alabama -- Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, Inc. (MFTA), announces the newest FUSO Sales, Service and Parts center at Birmingham Freightliner in Birmingham, Alabama. This marks the third FUSO franchise for Birmingham Freightliner’s parent company, Peach State Truck Center. This is the second FUSO franchise in the State of Alabama.
“We are very excited that another Peach State Truck Center location is adding the FUSO brand,” said Peter Young, director of Dealer Network Development, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, Inc. “Birmingham Freightliner is an outstanding champion of Daimler truck brands, and we are confident new FUSO customers will see superior customer service from this Birmingham location.”
With the addition of medium-duty FUSO trucks to its product portfolio, Birmingham Freightliner now offers a full line-up of Class 3 to Class 8 trucks. FUSO trucks will expand the powertrain selection to include a gasoline engine option along with Freightliner’s diesel powertrains. FUSO is currently the only OEM with a cabover Class 5 gasoline-powered truck on the market.
As a full-service dealership for FUSO, Birmingham Freightliner’s customers will have access to new FUSO trucks, parts and service. This dealership supports its products with a 21-bay service center, which has a collision center. Other service offerings include same-day service and mobile repair service.
“FUSO trucks perfectly fit into our product lineup,” states Chris Bisanz, general manager, Birmingham Freightliner. “The addition of the popular FUSO cabover medium-duty truck allows our truck owners to add another Daimler truck brand into their existing Freightliner fleet.”
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About Birmingham Freightliner
Birmingham Freightliner in Birmingham, Alabama is a part of Peach State Truck Centers, one of the largest commercial truck dealer groups in the United States. In 2016 we opened Alabama Freightliner, a satellite parts and service location in Tuscaloosa. Along with being your source for Freightliner semi truck sales in central Alabama, service and parts, we are also a Freightliner SelectTrucks Used Truck dealer. With an extensive inventory of new heavy duty trucks and used tractor trailers, as well as comprehensive parts, service and body departments, Birmingham Freightliner guarantees to keep you working.
About Mitsubishi Fuso
Headquartered in Logan Township, NJ, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, Inc. (FUSO) is a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks Asia, Kawasaki, Japan, an integral part of the Daimler Trucks Division of Daimler AG. With a heritage of more than 30 years in North America, FUSO is focused on delivering trucks with the lowest cost-of-ownership in their class. Its Class 3-5 diesel-powered, medium-duty cabover trucks are available through more than 200 dealer locations throughout the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam. More than 100,000 Mitsubishi Fuso standard, 4-wheel-drive and crew cab trucks have been sold in North America to fulfill the transportation needs of a wide variety of businesses and industries, including beverage, catering, refrigerated and dry cargo delivery fleets, vehicle recovery, towing, pest control, plumbing, light construction and landscaping. For more information, visit www.mitfuso.com, follow FusoTruck on Twitter, or like FusoTruck on Facebook.
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For more information:
Bryan C. Allen
Marketing Manager
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, Inc.
856-467-3965
MFTA_Marketing@daimler.com
