FAB CABS

While functionality cannot be compromised inside heavy trucks, their cabs increasingly mesh practicality with passenger-car sensibilities for comfort and ambience.

“There's no storage!” a woman said rather incredulously to her husband, surveying an interior concept on display in a supplier's booth at the recent Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS) in Louisville, KY.

“It's a show truck, hon,” he replied. “It's supposed to look pretty, not be functional.”