Kenworth W900L

The Kenworth W900L is the long-hood version of the Kenworth W900, the classic American Class 8 conventional highway tractor. Trucksales, in its history of the Kenworth brand, says Kenworth brought out the W900L in 1990 as a long-nose conventional with an extended hood and a 130-inch bumper to back of cab, aimed at the owner operator market; another trade source dates the long-hood version to 1989, so the exact year is not settled. The W900 it extends was introduced in 1961, with the W standing for the company co-founder Edgar Worthington, and owner operators were able to specify chrome bumpers, stacks, wheels and interior trim almost as they liked, which helped make the W900L a truck show favourite. In March 2025 Kenworth announced that W900 production would end in 2026 because of evolving emissions regulations and component constraints.