Applications included beverage, catering, refrigerated and dry cargo delivery, vehicle recovery, towing, pest control, plumbing, light construction and landscaping, overlanding, among others.

For the first time, the parent company (MFTBC) applied the name Canter—the model name used throughout the rest of the world—to its line of light medium-duty trucks marketed in the NAFTA region.

[12] In March 2014, the company introduced a new Class 3 model, the Fuso Canter FE130, with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of 13,200 lb., 6% higher than the 12,500 lb.

[13] In May 2020, Daimler Trucks announced its decision to stop selling the Mitsubishi Fuso brand in North America, citing its failure to gain significant market share in the prior decades.

[citation needed] All models except the Gas engine came standard with a Mitsubishi Fuso DUONIC™ electronic 6-speed Dual clutch transmission (DCT) with overdrive.

[16] Gasoline engine units were powered by a GM Powertrain 6.0-liter Vortec V8 mated to an Allison 1000 six-speed automatic gearbox.

single overhead cam (SOHC) in-line 6-cylinder water-cooled, turbocharged, intercooled diesel engine with four valves per cylinder.

[19] In 2016, GM once again partnered with Isuzu to reintroduce the Chevrolet Low Cab Forward as a direct competitor to the Fuso line of trucks.

Nissan Diesel America, along with Ford and Navistar International's joint venture LCF, were also competitors in the U.S. Secondarily, MFTA competed with makers of conventional medium-duty trucks.