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AUTOMAKERS ' NEWS
* Europe - SMMT welcomes budget’s Euro 5 incentives for trucks
London,UK -Auto Industry -28 March 2007: -- The Society of Motor Manufacturers has given a cautious welcome to the government’s plan to revive Reduced Pollution Certificates for Euro 5-compliant trucks from October this year... The SMMT says it understands over 90% of heavy truck registrations in Germany are at Euro 5, purchases having been encouraged by Autobahn toll discounts for such vehicles... Tony Pain, UK marketing director at Daf Trucks and chairman of the SMMT’s Commercial Vehicle Manufacturer’s Committee said he thinks the government’s plan bring in Reduced Pollution Certificates for Euro 5 trucks from October, won’t lead to the sort of market distortions caused by the introduction of digital tachographs and Euro 4 emissions standards: “Most truck makers already have strong order books and don’t expect cancellations. Providing operators talk to truck makers quickly, there is a good chance that many of the Euro 4 trucks on order can be upgraded to Euro 5, so that they qualify for the new RPCs.”...
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