Peterbilt Tuesday night sent its Model 389 off in style, officially introducing the Model 589 at a customer, dealer and media event that, fittingly, included a Pride & Class truck show with 200 ...

Rush Truck Centers secured the final Model 389 with a winning bid of $1.5 million in an auction hosted by Peterbilt and attended by its dealer body at the 2023 Peterbilt dealer meeting.

A different 2017 Peterbilt 389 with a recently rebuilt C15 Caterpillar is posted for $164,750, while this 2020 Freightliner Coronado running a 500-hp Detroit has an asking price of $127,750.

Shown with Kunesh’s ’24 389 at the Peterbilt event was one of the 16-truck fleet’s conestoga trailers, a 2014 Mac. Kunesh was complimentary of DSD owner Wood and how he treats his drivers.

In the case of the Peterbilt Tow Truck, power comes from a 6.2 liter Chevrolet LS3 V8 crate engine capable of outputting 525 hp at 5,900 rpm and 425 lb-ft of torque at 4,600 rpm.

The traditionally styled, long-hood 589—which replaces the 389 after 10 years of research and design—features a more spacious cab, rectangular grille mesh, and 15-in. external ...

Even stewards of Peterbilt history might walk the truck stop parking lot and mistake the new Model 589 for a 389. [Watch: Test drive and walk around of Peterbilt's new Model 589] I'm a big ol' nerd.

Built on a Peterbilt chassis for Modzelewski’s Recovery and Heavy Hauling in Danbury, Connecticut, the towing provider is claiming it to be the biggest tow truck in the world.