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CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
September 20, 2004
Navistar Enters Telecom Market with International CXT Cellphone
Warrenville, IL | Just days after introducing the world's largest production pickup truck, International Truck and Engine Corp. is again raising eyebrows with a diesel-powered mobile phone.
Parent company Navistar hopes its new "bigger is better" business strategy will bolster sagging stock values.
The CXT, short for commercial extreme telephone, is being touted by its manufacturer as "the ultimate luxury toy for work and play." It features a 60-HP engine, electronically controlled turbocharged speed dialer, and an Allison 2000 Series automatic transceiver. It is projected to get between 6 and 10 minutes per gallon during peak calling hours.
The company shrugs off reports of above-average rollover deaths, insisting the CXT meets all Federal safety requirements. But it may ask the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to rethink stricter diesel emissions standards set to take effect in 2007.
Mark Oberle, spokesman for Navistar, says International's cement mixer-inspired truck targeted a niche market. "Men with smaller-than-average penises buy Hummers and Ford F-350s. But we wanted to offer something to those men with freakishly tiny dicks - the truly miniscule ones you need a jeweler's loop to find. We're betting those same men will demand similar performance from their cellphones."
The price for the CXT ranges from about $9,300 to $11,500 fully loaded with options like a DVD player, leather upholstered keyboard, and portable defibrillator.
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