Bill Frantz drives this 2018 Kenworth W900L for Metzger Trucking out of Silver Lake, Indiana. The rig features an 86-inch Studio Sleeper and is powered by a 550-hp Cummins ISX with an 18-speed. Frantz ...

Kenworth has been building W900 tractors since 1961. If you run a Google search for images of the ’61 model, the first thing you notice is that Kenworth has done little to alter the appearance of this ...

Mention “American big rigs” to someone not associated with the trucking industry, and odds are an image of the Kenworth W900 is going to pop into their heads. And why not? The truck is a cultural icon ...

Kenworth has been building W900 tractors since 1961. Commercial truck designs generally enjoy long production runs. But any design that can last for close to 55 years clearly has a lot going for it.

Change isn’t always easy. Kenworth’s W900L has been around in its current trim since before the turn of the century, so it’s had plenty of time to establish itself as iconic. Early reactions to the ...