Western Star Trucks’ beginning was forged in the forests of the Northwest in 1967 when White Motor Co. launched the new brand for logging customers, introducing the Western Star 4900 in 1968 and ...

Twin brothers Pete and Carl Caporal have been truck enthusiasts since they were children. Over the years, their enthusiasm grew to the point where they wanted to buy a classic truck of their own ...

TORONTO, ON -- Western Star Trucks is now 50 years old, an iconic brand in Canada, if a little less so in the U.S. That difference isn't surprising because the truck was born here when White Motor ...

“We’re looking forward to celebrating Western Star’s history with the people at GATS,” Demitruk says. “The brand has certainly come a long way since it’s beginnings as White Western Star.

The 45-year-old truck maker was started in 1967 as a division of White Trucks, with a factory in Kelowna, British Columbia. Daimler Trucks North America bought Western Star from one of its ...