before steven spielberg reached blockbuster success with jaws he made duel about a driver terrorized by a massive tanker truck the story didn’t end well for the homicidal peterbilt rig that the director used in the film but investors should find a happier ending with the truck’s maker paccar these days paccar ticker pcar which sells trucks under brand names like peterbilt kenworth and daf is considered among the best on the road over the past decade the company has sold and manufactured over 15 million big rigs which have ended up on highways in north and south america as well as europe and even australia