In 2004 employees gathered at the World HQ for a commemorative photo to mark the production of the 500,000th machine. It had taken just short of 60 years to reach that milestone. The next half million machines would be produced in the next nine years.
2005: Fastrac 8000 introduced in JCB's 60th anniversary year. Powered by 8.3-litre Cummins QSC with 250hp driving through a 65kph (40mph) V-Tronic CVT transmission.
WheelsAge.org '2005–prés.