International Motors

American industrial company

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2024 Discontinuation of the International LoneStar product line.
2024 Discontinuation of the International LoneStar semitractor.
October 1 2024 Navistar officially rebranded and became International Motors, LLC, implementing its new corporate identity.
September 25 2024 Navistar announced its plan to rebrand and change its name to International Motors, LLC, revealing a new logo and visual identity.
2022 International holds a 12.6% market share, becoming the third-largest Class 8 manufacturer.
2022 San Antonio Manufacturing Plant opened in Texas, designed to assemble both electric and conventional trucks on the same production line, marking Navistar's first new assembly facility in decades.
2022 Navistar introduced the International S13 engine, which operates on low revolutions, uses selective catalytic reduction (SCR) technology, and aims to reduce fuel consumption.
2022 MWM International Motores was sold by Navistar to Tupy S.A., concluding Navistar's ownership of the Brazilian engine manufacturer.
2022 Revision for International MV production.
2021 Navistar opened the Advanced Technology Center in San Antonio, Texas, with 650 employees. The facility is used to test and validate components for diesel and electric trucks, replacing Navistar's former technical center in Melrose Park, Illinois.
July 2021 International Motors begins operating as an independent subsidiary of Traton, the heavy-vehicle operations arm of the Volkswagen Group, signaling a major strategic partnership.
July 1 2021 Traton successfully completed its takeover of all Navistar shares, making Navistar part of the Traton Group. The company was renamed from Navistar International Corporation to Navistar, Inc.
April 2021 Navistar International Corp. and Traton SE began merger transaction review process with Brazil's Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), distributing market surveys to 35 companies.
2020 Volkswagen agreed to fully purchase the remaining shares of Navistar.
2020 Pure Power Technologies Waukesha Foundry was closed after being operated by Grede.
July 15 2020 Navistar established a developmental production partnership with TuSimple, an autonomous trucking technology company, to develop Level-4 autonomous semi-trucks. Navistar took a minority stake in TuSimple, with planned production start in 2024.
January 30 2020 Traton announced a proposal to purchase all outstanding shares in Navistar International Corporation.
2019 International launched three new vehicle lines: CV (Class 4-5 light/medium duty straight truck), MV (Class 6-7 medium duty straight truck), and HV (Class 7-9 severe-service straight truck).
2019 Introduction of International CV, replacing the TerraStar, and International HV, replacing the WorkStar.
2019 IC TC-Series bus production commenced, focusing on commercial-use buses with a cutaway-cab configuration on the International 3300 chassis.
2019 Launch of International HV severe-service straight truck, replacing the International WorkStar.
2019 Introduction of International MV medium duty straight truck, replacing the International Durastar.
2019 Launch of International CV light/medium duty straight truck, replacing the International TerraStar.
November 2019 The International Harvester ACCO truck is discontinued and replaced by a locally built European designed ACCO under Iveco ownership.
2018 Melrose Park Engine Plant was closed.
2018 Production of the new truck series started, serving as a successor to the discontinued Chevrolet Kodiak and International TerraStar.
2018 General Motors announced details of the Chevy Silverado 4500HD/5500HD/6500HD, and Navistar unveiled the International-branded CV series truck variant.
2018 Introduction of International RH regional-haul semitractor, replacing the International TranStar.
2018 Revision of International LoneStar with modernized cab of LT model.
2018 General Motors and Navistar begin production of jointly developed medium-duty commercial vehicles at Navistar's Springfield, Ohio facility, combining Navistar's chassis expertise with GM's commercial components and engines.
May 2018 Cummins announced plans to buy out Navistar's equity in the joint venture with JAC.
2017 Navistar's truck assembly plant in Springfield, Ohio began production of cutaway van chassis variants of the GMT610 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana.
2017 International reentered diesel engine production by launching the A26 12.4L inline-6 engine, developed from the MAN D26 engine and serving as a successor to the MaxxForce 13.
2017 Introduction of International LT semitractor, the first International truck with two-letter nomenclature and second-generation NGV cab.
2017 Launch of International HX severe-service straight truck/semitractor, replacing the International Paystar.
August 2017 A Tennessee jury found Navistar committed fraud in connection with selling 243 International ProStars with MaxxForce engines, awarding $10.8 million in actual damages and $20 million in punitive damages.
March 2016 The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Navistar with misleading investors about its advanced technology truck engine development.
2015 Pure Power Technologies Waukesha Foundry was sold to the Grede foundry group.
2015 Navistar acquired the Navistar Proving Grounds in New Carlisle, Indiana, replacing their former proving grounds in Fort Wayne. The facility, originally opened in 1926 by Studebaker as the world's first controlled automotive-testing grounds, was purchased from Bosch.
2015 A joint venture between Navistar and General Motors was announced for the development of a new Class 4/5 commercial vehicle.
2015 International ended diesel engine production after struggling with emissions compliance, replacing the MaxxForce 7 and MaxxForceDT with Cummins ISB6.7 and ISL9 engines.
July 2015 The EPA filed a $300 million civil lawsuit against Navistar over non-compliant engines in 2010-model trucks.
June 9 2015 Navistar named Jeff Sass as the new Senior VP of North American Truck Sales, who previously worked 20 years for rival Paccar.
December 16 2014 Navistar reported a larger than expected fourth-quarter net loss of $72 million and announced the closure of its engine foundry in Indianapolis, resulting in 100 job losses.
2013 Garland Truck Plant was closed, with production relocated to Springfield, Ohio and Escobedo, Mexico.
2012 Navistar reorganized its foundries under the Pure Power Technologies Division.
January 2012 The EPA adopted an interim final rule allowing Navistar to continue selling engines subject to Non-Conformance Penalties.
2011 Chatham Assembly Plant was closed after 63 years of operation.
2011 International Motors purchased their World Headquarters in Lisle, Illinois for $110 million, consolidating their corporate headquarters and Truck and Engine divisions in a former Lucent Technologies Campus.

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