Then in December 2001, Caterpillar surprised the industry by announcing it was selling its line of Challenger rubber-track tractors and its DeKalb factory to AGCO.

Under the agreement, Caterpillar will be a components supplier to AGCO, which will acquire the rights to design, assemble and market the new MT Series of Caterpillar's Challenger farm tractors ...

According to Agco, its 60,000-pound Challenger MT975B is the world's largest four-wheel-drive, articulated ag tractor. It is powered by a Caterpillar C18 ACERT diesel engine that produces 570 gross ...

The whole MT900B range uses Caterpillar’s 24 valve ACERT Tier III engines, delivering power through Cat’s 16×4 full powershift transmission – an adapted version of the gearbox used in the ...

LOUISVILLE, KY – One of the burning questions after the recently-announced acquisition of the Caterpillar Challenger tractor line by AGCO was what would next happen to the joint venture between ...

Caterpillar wins patents case CATERPILLAR has won a major victory in a lawsuit claiming that John Deeres rubber tracked crawler tractors infringe Caterpillar Challenger patents.