DETROIT DIESEL

[CrabbyMilton]

Old news perhaps but the end of a long era just the same. I could see VAN-HOOL and MCI offering PACCAR as an alternative to CUMMINS at some point but time and the push toward EV's will tell.

https://www.busandmotorcoachnews.com/detroit-diesel-exiting-motorcoach-market/

[lvmci]

Why would an engine manufacturer restrict sales of the same engine, to only a part of the fleets that buy their engines?

[CrabbyMilton]

From DAIMLER's perspective, why help the competition even if it means less engine sales.

[Nova Eona]

As with most corporate decisions, it's almost certainly just a matter of profitability.  If I'm not mistaken Detroit Diesel has a comparatively small market share in the modern motorcoach market, they may just be shifting resources to focus on fleet operations.

[hogi6123]

they may just be shifting resources to focus on fleet operations.

That's what I read in the article.

[lvmci]

Once again a corporate decision, going down in history, as the wrong move at the wrong time...

[Dreadnought]

It was a corporate business related decision- most likely the volumes and effort adapting for the application didn't warrant the return on investment. Also, I don't know how much shelf life the DD13 has now. The DD15 and 16 are outstanding engines. I don't know the DD13 but imagine it's just as dependable