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TRUCKMAKERS' NEWS
* USA - Navistar silent on interest in GM trucksChicago,IL,USA -The Chicago Tribune, by James P. Miller / The Flint (Mich.) Journal -May 16, 2007: -- Navistar International Corp. is declining comment on a published report that suggests the Warrenville-based maker of trucks and diesel engines is interested in acquiring General Motors Corp.'s medium-duty-truck operation... Reported Sunday that GM is mulling a sale to Navistar... And, it quoted unnamed plant workers who said Navistar employees "have been in the Flint facility" where GM makes its medium-duty trucks... GM spokesman Tom Wickham declined to comment... Navistar spokesman Roy Wiley, asked about the published report, sounded a similarly opaque theme...
* UK - Housing Association to Replace Entire Fleet With Renault
Dorset,UK -TNN -17 May 2007: -- In a significant conquest deal for Renault Trucks South, East Dorset Housing Association (EDHA) is replacing its entire fleet with Renault trucks and vans... The Association’s existing fleet of Ford, Mercedes and Isuzu will be completely replaced by a total of 47 Renault vehicles, including 21 Renault Masters, made up of caged tippers and panel vans; 19 long wheel based Renault Traffics, fitted with certified Sortimo racking systems and seven Renault Kangoos, two of which are also racked... (See Picture)
* USA - They should have trucked’em
Cerritos,CAL,USA -Today's Trucking -17 May 2007: -- Medium-duty truck builder Isuzu Commercial Truck of North America would rather toss potentially problematic trucks than foist them on unsuspecting fleets... That's why ICTA announced this week that it is taking the radical step of scrapping 110 brand new medium-duty N-series trucks that were stuck on a freighter ship that was listing off the coast of Alaska in 60 degree weather last summer... He said Isuzu's commitment to customers and a concern for future unforeseeable service implications led to the decision to scrap the more than 100 trucks and not sell them as "used or damaged" vehicles...
* UK - Vauxhall chief says GM Europe and Renault-Nissan to collaborate in 3.5-tonne-plus van segment
UK-Automotive World -16 May, 2007: -- According to a report carried by UK-based weekly industry magazine Commercial Motor, Opel and Vauxhall are likely to enter the rear-wheel drive 3.5-tonne-plus van segment, with a vehicle which has a Gross Vehicle Weight rating of up to 5.6 tonnes... Such a model is likely to be the outcome of a joint venture with Renault, the report says...
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