Freightliner Business Class M2

The Freightliner Business Class M2 (typically shortened to M2) is a model range of medium-duty trucks produced by Freightliner since the 2003 model year. The first generation of the Business Class developed entirely by Freightliner, the M2 replaced the FL-Series introduced in 1991. Serving as a Class 5-Class 8 product range, the model line is the smallest conventional-cab Freightliner truck, slotted between its Sprinter vans and Cascadia highway tractors.

Distinguished by its jellybean-shaped headlamps, large windshield, and nearly vertical grille, the M2 is designed for a wide variety of applications, encompassing multiple design configurations. In addition to cargo box trucks, flatbed trucks, and towing vehicles, the model family supports a wide variety of emergency, utility, and vocational uses, with multiple cab, chassis, and axle configurations. The model line is also manufactured by Freightliner for bus applications, with both cowled-chassis and cutaway-cab configurations supporting body assemblies.

Since June 2002, Freightliner has assembled the M2 in its Mount Holly, North Carolina facility. Since 2003, the company has assembled the model line in Santiago Tianguistenco, Mexico for Latin American sale. In late 2023, the second generation of the M2 (known as the M2 Plus) entered production.

First generation (M2, 2003–2023)

Following a $250 million development program by Freightliner, the Business Class M2 was introduced at the beginning of 2002; starting with 2003 production, the all-new model line was gradually phased in as a replacement of the previous FL-Series.