FLC112 is a steel-cab conventional distinct from the aluminium-cab FLC120, the original Business Class FL112 and the aerodynamic FLD112. Daimler-Benz dates its North American introduction to May 1985; the factory VIN table separately identifies MY1998 as the final construction-model year.
The 1991 FLC112SD medium-conventional endpoint and 1998 FLC112 conventional steel-cab construction endpoint have different source scopes. The July 1998 fan-clutch window is component-qualified and is not generalized to the family production span or every regional derivative.
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1984 unnamed programme context · May 1985 named FLC 112 introduction Verified
FLC 112 · corporate production context and named introduction
Corporate-primary reporting now establishes the named FLC 112 introduction in May 1985 and distinguishes its road and dump-truck versions. The earlier unnamed production statement is displayed separately and cannot set an FLC112 model year or first-build date.
Daimler-Benz’s 1984 report records an unnamed mid-length Class 8 production start, while its 1985 report explicitly names FLC 112 and dates the new conventional introduction to May. The unnamed 1984 statement remains adjacent context rather than an exact FLC112 build record.
View dated specifications →1986–1987 post-introduction market context Corroborated
Medium conventionals · corporate follow-through after the FLC 112 introduction
These corporate reports add achieved post-introduction context around Freightliner’s medium conventionals. The public record keeps their broader programme wording visible instead of converting it into FLC112-only production, sales or model-year claims.
Daimler-Benz’s 1986 report describes successful 1985-launched conventionals with Wörth cab content, and its 1987 report names the Medium Conventional Series as an important market contributor. Neither statement supplies an exclusive FLC112 badge allocation.
View dated specifications →1989 right-hand-drive introduction Corroborated
Australian FLC112 launch
The regional history describes a steel-cab FLC112 as the first production Freightliner released in Australia after the earlier FLC120 evaluation programme.
This is a regional introduction claim from a historical retrospective.
1991 model-year coding checkpoint Verified
FLC112SD medium conventional · final model year
Freightliner explicitly bounds the named FLC112SD medium-conventional VIN identity through model year 1991. The filing does not supply a last-build date, order cut-off or universal FLC112 endpoint.
This October 8, 1999 manufacturer filing amends VIN-position-5 model/cab coding. Its explicit model-year wording applies only to the named identity; it is not a build date, order interval, production span, retail-availability record or whole-family endpoint.
View dated specifications →MY1992 NHTSA campaign identity Verified
FLC112 · MY1992 brake-linkage campaign identity
This remains a bounded model-year campaign identity. The added detail explains the affected equipment and remedy without converting the report date or campaign-wide population into a family production range.
Two official NHTSA records are joined by exact campaign number. One controls the family/model-year identity and the other supplies campaign-wide component, population and remedy provenance; neither establishes family production chronology.
View dated specifications →1992–1998 dated bulletins Verified
North American service evidence
Freightliner bulletins repeatedly identify FLC112 Conventional as its own service category. A 1990 auction record provides a useful individual-truck lead, but its marketplace description is not used to set family specifications or production boundaries.
The factory evidence proves service identity at these publication dates; it does not prove a continuous 1992–1998 model-year run.
MY1993 NHTSA campaign checkpoint Verified
FLC-112 · MY1993 regulator campaign checkpoint
This federal record is retained as a bounded model-year checkpoint. The hyphenated regulator spelling is not treated as a new family or converted into production continuity, an endpoint or an FLC112-to-FL112 relationship boundary.
Two official NHTSA records are joined by exact campaign number. The vehicle query controls only the returned FLC-112/MY1993 identity; the campaign record supplies campaign-wide equipment, population and remedy provenance.
View dated specifications →June 1994 factory bulletin revision Verified
FLC112 Conventional · service-identity checkpoint
The bulletin preserves the named Freightliner service identity during its June 1994 revision. No first build, retail availability, model year or endpoint is inferred.
A dated Freightliner service bulletin names the model category. Service scope is not production or model-year evidence.
View dated specifications →April 9, 1996 factory release Verified
FLC112 Israeli military assembly programme
The programme is a prospective export-region assembly record. It does not establish North American FLC112 availability, a first or final model year, or completed production.
Freightliner announced summer 1996 Israeli assembly under a military contract using U.S.-shipped cab and chassis components.
View dated specifications →July 1998 factory bulletin Verified
FLC112 Conventional · high-output fan-clutch production checkpoint
Freightliner identifies FLC112 Conventional in the bulletin and records a July 10, 1998 sintered-lining production change for qualifying high-output engine installations. The shared affected-build window and all-plants statement remain bulletin-wide rather than FLC112-only.
The July 1998 factory bulletin names FLC112 Conventional in its service scope and records a bulletin-wide fan-clutch production change. Its affected-build window covers only qualifying vehicles with 500-horsepower-or-greater engines and specified Horton fan drives; it is not an FLC112 production range, model-year interval or universal engine specification.
View dated specifications →1998 final model year in factory VIN table Verified
FLC112 Conventional · steel-cab construction model
Freightliner’s VIN model table explicitly ends this named model entry at 1998MY. That closes the model-year endpoint only; the exact final build, order cut-off, glider history and regional continuations remain separate questions.
Freightliner explicitly labels the model entry “to” a stated model year and defines MY as Model Year. The June 2000 service-manual revision is retrospective identification evidence, not a production date.
View dated specifications →October 2009 factory maintenance-manual revision Corroborated
FLC 112 service identity
The dated factory service publication preserves the FLC 112 Conventional identity in an October 2009 maintenance-document context. It does not establish that complete trucks were produced, ordered or sold in 2009 and does not move any family endpoint.
Daimler Trucks North America’s October 2009 manual explicitly lists FLC 112 Conventional in its controlled model scope.
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