Traton confirms International will offer 2 engines in 2027

International Motors will offer customers a choice of two engines for heavy-duty trucks in 2027, parent company Traton Group’s top executive confirmed Oct. 28. Customers will be able to pick either an engine that is compliant with stiffer Environmental Protection Agency nitrogen oxide emissions regulations that enter effect Jan. 1 or an earlier-generation product that meets current requirements. “The first customers will get their EPA ’27-compliant engines in the second quarter,” Traton CEO Christian Levin said. Traton executives first hinted that a two-engine strategy was a possibility during the company’s second-quarter 2026 earnings call. That is not to say Levin is enamored with either EPA’s inability to cross the finish line on the regulations or the impact on customer appetite for orders and sales. “The truck industry is still working through the pricing implications of the EPA ’27 [regulations], which made commercial discussions a bit more challenging during the quarter,” Levin told analysts during Traton’s third-quarter 2026 earnings call. “I really, really hope that we get clarity on EPA ’27 so that we can, again, ramp up our [orders] here into next year, because now is the moment. We were quickly sold out for 2026, and now we are starting to sell 2027, but there is clearly hesitation,” he added. Image Christian Levin. (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg) International’s Q3 truck orders rose 43% year over year to 12,526 vehicles from 8,760 but fell 45% compared with the 22,924 sold in Q2 2026. Lisle, Ill.-based International’s Q3 truck sales rose 69% year over year to 16,483 vehicles from 9,753 trucks and increased 26%…

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