BROOKLYN, New York—For 125 years, Mack Trucks has been synonymous with American power and toughness. But the trucking pioneer wanted its next on-highway truck to meet its own B.A. test. “What is the ...

When Mack introduced its Anthem model in 2017, I drove it from Allentown, Penn., to Atlanta, and a year later from Asheville, N.C., to New Orleans. Anthem was the replacement for Pinnacle axle back ...