Oregon’s football team has five this season (with near-limitless combinations), but cool colorways aren’t generally hot topics at the fuel island.
Until now.
Earlier this year, Peterbilt debuted its new Blackout Exterior Package for the Model 579, featuring an exclusive black effect exterior paint for the cab and sleeper, Alcoa Dura-Black matte aluminum wheels and a black finish grille crown.
Peterbilt has long been embraced by owner-operators and small fleets because of how easy they are to customize, but that usually means stockpiling and hanging aftermarket chrome from headlight to taillight – or spec’ing a Model 567 Heritage, which isn’t short on factory shine. But this murdered out truck goes in the opposite direction, trading in bling for a striking package that’s more Batman than Bandit.
“One of the cornerstones of Peterbilt is our ability to provide individualized solutions to match our customer’s need,” said Peterbilt’s On-highway Market Segment Manager Wes Slavin.
The Blackout Exterior Package was designed to appeal to Pete 579 customers looking for some distinguishing features, and Slavin said he foresees the option being particularly popular within the owner operator community as well as being used as a reward truck for larger customers.
