Editing Peterbilt (section)

{{Short description|American truck manufacturer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Peterbilt Motors Company
| logo = Peterbilt logo.svg
| type = [[Division (business)|Division]]
| parent = [[Paccar|PACCAR]]
| predecessor = [[Fageol]]
| foundation = {{start date and age|1939}}
| founder = [[T.A. Peterman]]
| location = [[Denton, Texas]], U.S.
| key_people = Allan Ash (president and CEO) Jake Montero
(general manager).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.peterbilt.com/news-and-events/press-releases/peterbilt-names-new-top-leadership | title=Peterbilt Names New Top Leadership - Jake Montero and Erik Johnson &#124; Peterbilt News }}</ref>
| industry = [[Manufacturing]]
| num_employees = 
| products = [[#Models|See listing]]
| revenue = 
| homepage = [http://www.peterbilt.com www.peterbilt.com]
}}

'''Peterbilt Motors Company''' is an [[List of American truck manufacturers|American truck manufacturer]] specializing in the production of heavy-duty ([[Truck classification#Class 8|Class 8]]) and medium-duty (Classes 5–7) commercial vehicles.  The namesake of company founder [[T.A. Peterman|T. A. "Al" Peterman]], it  was established in 1939 from the acquisition of [[Fageol|Fageol Truck and Motor Company]], and has operated as part of [[Paccar|PACCAR]] since 1958. Competing alongside sister division [[Kenworth|Kenworth Truck Company]], it sustains one of the longest-running marketplace rivalries in [[Trucking industry in the United States|American truck manufacturing]].

Peterbilt trucks are identified by a red oval emblem that has been in use since 1953.<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |date=May 14, 2015 |title=Peterbilt - Truck Trend Legends |url=https://www.motortrend.com/features/1505-peterbilt-truck-trend-legends/ |access-date=October 30, 2021 |website=MotorTrend |language=en|archive-date=October 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030121046/https://www.motortrend.com/features/1505-peterbilt-truck-trend-legends/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Heritage {{!}} About |url=https://www.peterbilt.com/about/heritage|access-date=October 30, 2021 |publisher=Peterbilt |archive-date=October 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030121049/https://www.peterbilt.com/about/heritage|url-status=live}}</ref>  A "bird"-style hood ornament has also been used on conventional-cab trucks since 1965.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=Tims Trucks PB1 |url=http://www.timstrucks.com/PB1.html |access-date=October 30, 2021 |publisher=Tims Trucks |archive-date=October 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030121051/http://www.timstrucks.com/PB1.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

Headquartered in [[Denton, Texas]], the company also manufactures trucks at PACCAR facilities in [[Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec|Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, Canada]] and [[Mexicali|Mexicali, Mexico]].<ref>{{Cite press release |date=April 24, 2018 |title=PACCAR Achieves Record Quarterly Revenues and Excellent Profits |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180424005419/en/PACCAR-Achieves-Record-Quarterly-Revenues-and-Excellent-Profits |access-date=October 30, 2021 |publisher=Businesswire |language=en |archive-date=October 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030121046/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180424005419/en/PACCAR-Achieves-Record-Quarterly-Revenues-and-Excellent-Profits|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=StackPath|date=July 21, 2014 |url=https://www.fleetowner.com/equipment/article/21688382/peterbilt-model-220-cabover-in-full-production |access-date=October 30, 2021 |publisher=www.fleetowner.com|archive-date=October 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030121047/https://www.fleetowner.com/equipment/article/21688382/peterbilt-model-220-cabover-in-full-production|url-status=live}}</ref>