Mack Trucks: American Truck Simulator

Mack Trucks
Mack Trucks Logo
Full Name	Mack Trucks, Inc.
Country	United States
Type	Subsidiary
Founded	1900: Mack Brothers Company
Founder(s)	John Mack Augustus Mack
Headquarters	Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S.
Industry	Automotive
Parent	Volvo
Website	macktrucks.com/
Features
Games	American Truck Simulator
Products	Trucks

Mack Trucks is an American truck manufacturer that is featured in American Truck Simulator.

Summary

Founded in 1900 as the Mack Brothers Company, it manufactured its first truck in 1907 and adopted its present name in 1922. Mack Trucks is a subsidiary of AB Volvo which purchased Mack along with Renault Trucks in 2000. After being founded in Brooklyn, New York, the company's headquarters were in Allentown, Pennsylvania, from 1905 to 2009 when they moved to Greensboro, North Carolina where the headquarters is currently located at. Mack Trucks was the next truck brand featured after International Trucks. The Mack Anthem was added to the game on April 28, 2020, along with the update 1.37. However, an unmarked Mack RD 690 had been driving on the roads of American Truck Simulator from update 1.3 as an AI vehicle.

Content

Name	Image
Mack Anthem

There are 5 different preconfigured models at Mack truck dealers in ATS, but all of them are customizable.

Name	Image	Series	Chassis	Cabin	Engine Power	Engine Torque	Gearbox	Fuel	Paint	List Price	Required Level
Mack Anthem Day Cab		Anthem	6x2	Day Cab	345 hp (257kW)	1,360 lb-ft (1845 Nm) / 1,000 rpm	Eaton FM-15E310B-LAS	144 gal	Arctic White	$121,315.-	0
Mack Anthem Day Cab		Anthem	6x4	Day Cab	395 hp (295kW)	1,560 lb-ft (2115 Nm) / 1,050 rpm	mDRIVE AT2612F	186 gal	Lacquer Red	$136,060.-	8
Mack Anthem 48" Sleeper		Anthem	6x2	48" Sleeper	415 hp (309kW)	1,660 lb-ft (2251 Nm) / 1,000 rpm	mDRIVE ATO2612F	234 gal	Mountain Green	$159,980.-	17
Mack Anthem 70" Sleeper		Anthem	6x4	70" Sleeper	445 hp (332kW)	1,860 lb-ft (2522 Nm) / 1,150 rpm	mDRIVE ATO2612F	284 gal	Arctic White	$175,640.-	25
Mack Anthem 70" Sleeper		Anthem	6x4	70" Sleeper	505 hp (377kW)	1,860 lb-ft (2522 Nm) / 1,150 rpm	Eaton FO-22E318B-VXP R	284 gal	Graphite Gray	$203,410.-	25

There are 9 Mack truck dealers in American Truck Simulator.

Name	State
Colorado Springs	Colorado
Fresno	California
Kansas City	Kansas Missouri
Laredo	Texas
Odessa	Texas
Pendleton	Oregon
Sacramento	California
Twin Falls	Idaho
Yakima	Washington

History

Real Life

• 2001: Volvo acquired Renault Trucks (which included Mack Trucks).

Game

• 28 April 2020: Mack Anthem is released along with a trailer video.
• 22 April 2020: SCS Software officially announced that the Mack Anthem will arrive soon to the game.
• 14 April 2020: SCS posted a little video on their social medias, thanking the more than 140,000 followers on their Instagram account, and in this video in the initial seconds, can see a truck that looks like the Mack Anthem.
• 27 March 2020: SCS posted a video make references the history of creation of the Mack Trucks mascot, the Bulldog , indicating that Mack Trucks will be the next manufacturer after International Trucks.
• 26 February 2020: The 1.37 Open Beta added the folder mack.anthem in /def/vehicle/truck.
• 29 January 2020: In SCS Software's video "A Look Back at 2019", one part of the video shows a recording section of the Mack Anthem. There was also a blog post about an SCS Software team recording American truck sounds back on September 24, 2019, and the Mack Anthem as part of the configuration list.
• 10 October 2019: The 1.36 Open Beta added the Mack dealership prefab in the game files.

Media

Gallery

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  Mack Trucks dealership prefab found in the map editor in 1.36 Open Beta.

See also

• Real-life information of Mack Trucks