In 1967, White Motor Company started the Western Star division as White Western Star with a new plant at Kelowna, British Columbia, sharing headquarters with White in Cleveland, Ohio. White Western Star trucks in that era typically used cabs from its sister company, Autocar. Western Star production was moved to Ogden, Utah, but it was not included in the 1980 sale of White to Volvo, instead being sold to Bow Valley Resources and Nova Corporation, each owning 50%. In 1991, Western Star Trucks was purchased by the owners of the Western Star Australian subsidiary, Terry Peabody and Bob Shand. In 1996, ERF was purchased. It was sold in 2000 to MAN. In 2000, Western Star was purchased by DaimlerChrysler, becoming part of the Freightliner Trucks division. In 2002, Western Star production was moved to a plant in Portland, Oregon where the headquarters is currently located.
Besides selling new trucks, repairing customer trucks and offering a place to rest, the Western Star dealerships also serve as deliverable companies. The headquarters in Portland are the main production facility of Western Star, and are also a deliverable company.
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Since update 1.49 you can buy the model 5700XE only from the truck dealers as long as you have one in your posession, but you have to buy one initially from the used truck dealer.
19:23 CET: Western Star 5700XE is released along with a trailer video.[3]
18:00 CET: SCS Software makes a Stream about the Western Star 5700XE.
30 January 2023: SCS Software announced on their social medias that on 31 January 2023, will have a Stream for about the Western Star 5700XE together with special guest.[4]
20 December 2022: In the SCS Christmas Stream, the team reveals the Western Star 5700XE with some screenshots of the truck.[5]
15 September 2022: Western Star® 57X Update released.[6]
19:00 CEST: Western Star 57X is released along with a trailer video.[7]
18:00 CEST: SCS Software makes a Stream for revealing the Western Star 57X.
17:00 CEST: Western Star officially reveals their new truck, the Western Star 57X.[8]
2 August 2022:
1 August 2022: SCS Software announced on their social medias that on 2 August 2022, will have a Stream for reveal the new truck together with special guests.[9]
27 July 2022: Western Star announces on their social medias the reveal date of the new truck, 2 August 2022.[10] On the following day, SCS Software posts on their social medias, its version of the teaser and also states that the truck will be coming to ATS "sooner than expected".[11]
20 July 2022: Western Star announces on their social medias that the new X-series truck will be coming in August of 2022.[12] On the following day, SCS Software posts on their social medias, its version of the teaser.[13]
14 July 2022: Western Star announced on their social medias that a new truck will be announced in the summer of 2022.[14] 1 hour after Western Star announcement, SCS Software confirmed on their social medias that the new Western Star truck will come to American Truck Simulator.[15]
17:00 UTC: It is confirmed during the Special Western Star 49X Stream, that the 1.40 update, will bring the Sleeper Cabin options for 49X, new customization options, 36 new chassis options, plus the addition of the SBA version.[19]
4 February 2021:
3 February 2021: SCS announced on their social medias that on 4 February 2021, will have a Special Western Star 49X Stream.[20]
2 February 2021: During the 5th Anniversary Stream of American Truck Simulator, is briefly shown the Western Star 49X Sleeper cabin.[21]
21 December 2020: During the SCS Christmas Stream, the Sleeper cabins of the 49X were shown and it was confirmed that they will come out in early 2021.[22]
16:10 UTC: Western Star 49X is released along with a trailer video.[23]
08:54 UTC: SCS shows a preview of the Western Star 49X on their Twitch channel and Steam page.[24]
30 September 2020:
21:00 UTC: Western Star officially reveals their new truck, the Western Star 49X.[25]
16:46 UTC: SCS Software shared a screenshot in their social medias confirming the addition of the Western Star manufacturing plant in Portland, Oregon.[26]
29 September 2020:
10 September 2020: SCS Software officially announced that the NEXT Western Star truck will arrive very shortly after its real-life release.[27]
16 July 2020: With the IdahoDLC released, Lewiston is one of the cities that also has an Western Star dealership, but without the Western Star logo.
19 June 2020: The 1.38 Open Beta added the Western Star dealership prefab in the game files.[28]
4 March 2020: A SCS representative visits Daimler Trucks North America in Portland, Oregon. A company that owns the Freightliner Trucks and Western Star Trucks.[29]
Oregon
