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Marketing - Canada/USA - The sky won't fall after Jan '07. It'll just be cleaner
Toronto,Ont,CAN -Today's Trucking -16 Oct 2006: -- After a year of speculation that North American heavy-duty truck sales would completely dive after Jan. 1, 2007, the downturn might not slump too far after all -- at least that's what some truck makers and dealers are whispering these days... Class 8 sales this year -- fueled in part by a pre-buy surge from carriers looking to avoid purchasing new, more expensive engines mandated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) -- will reportedly top 300,000 units, perhaps even reaching as high as 320,000 tractors by year's end. Because many carriers excelled their trade cycles purposefully in advance of the low-emission engines rules taking effect next year, total North American retail sales are expected to slide about 30 percent to between 200,000 and 240,000 units... While that's a significant drop, it's still a good year when compared to any other average sales period, says Jim Beiderwieden, president of the popular Inland Kenworth franchise based in Burnaby, B.C... (Photo: AROUND THE BEND: 2007 might be a twisty road for truckers - and the guys they buy their trucks from)
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