page_title: Freightliner Argosy
section_title: First generation (1999–2011)
hierarchical_section_title: Freightliner Argosy / Model overview / First generation (1999–2011)
caption_attribution_description: Freightliner Argosy 2011
context_page_description: The Freightliner Argosy is a model line of cabover trucks produced by the American truck manufacturer Freightliner. Introduced in 1999 as the replacement for the FLB cabover, the Argosy is a Class 8 truck, currently in its second generation.
  Following the 2006 model year, Freightliner withdrew the Argosy from its model line in the United States and Canada, making it the final Class 8 cabover semi-tractor sold in North America.
  The Freightliner Argosy is produced by Freightliner in its facility in Cleveland, North Carolina; since 2007, production is exported nearly exclusively to South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand.
context_section_description: Entering mass production in 1999, the Argosy adopted virtually all the features of the 1998 concept vehicle.  While offered solely with the axle below the driver (in place of the usual set-forward or set-back front axle), several cab configurations were produced.  Along with a 63-inch BBC daycab, cab lengths of 90 inches, 101 inches, and 110 inches were offered, with a mid-roof sleeper and a raised-roof sleeper (110 inches only).  While sharing a 2-piece windshield configuration with the Century Class as standard, a 1-piece windshield with 3 windshield wipers was an option.
  On all sleeper-cab variants, the Argosy was offered with electrically-powered pivoting entrance steps.  In contrast to many American cabover trucks, the engine intrusion inside the cab was largely eliminated, raising the floor only three inches between the seats, with the gear shifter integrated into the dashboard console.  As with conventional-cab trucks, drivers were able to walk into the sleeper cab.
  In 2006, the Argosy received an optional minor facelift, which replaced the original Century Class sourced grille with a new unit that was flushed with the bumper vents. Later, the cab corner vents were also updated. The interior received minor revisions as well, and chassis fairings were improved for greater fuel efficiency. This model was marketed as the Argosy Evolution.
caption: 2011 Freightliner Argosy (standard base model)
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