THIS IS MACK’S NEW SUV!

Mack, the legendary builder of heavy-duty trucks famous for their iconic bulldog hood ornament, will introduce a Chevy Tahoe-sized sport utility vehicle late next year, according to sources.

The body-on-frame vehicle, will reportedly be called the Betong, which means “concrete” in Swedish (Mack is owned by Volvo), continuing the truck maker’s practice of assigning rugged sounding names to its brawny vehicles.

While details are few, we do know the Betong will be powered by a turbocharged and supercharged flex-fuel diesel engine that supposedly burns anything from Fireball to house paint.  

2017 Mack Betong

In addition to our insider’s news that he is now a lacto-vegetarian, he also advised us that Mack plans to equip all Betongs with the prominent chrome-plated “Mack stack” vertical exhaust pipe shown in the photograph even though it bisects the rear cargo area, severely restricting storage capacity. A Racelogic VBox data logger and two staffers’ backpacks reportedly melted when placed too close to the stack, but our lacto-veg informant insists that Mack is close to solving the issue.