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TRUCKMAKERS NEWS * WORLDWIDE
* India - Mahindra Navistar announces 100th roll out of MN 25-tonne capacity multi-axle truck
Worli,Mumbai,India -Business Standard Motoring -15 June 2010: -- Mahindra Navistar Automotives Limited a joint venture between Mahindra & Mahindra and Navistar International announced the 100th roll out of its 25-tonne-capacity multi-axle truck MN 25 at Chakan while looking at launching the trucks for sale in the next quarter... MN 25's Bharat Stage (BS) -II model is priced at Rs 14.99 lakh ex-showroom price. BS III version is also readily available while BS IV models will be available as per customers' requirements... Other variants in the same offering like MN 31, 40, 49 and Tipper will be launched in this financial year...* Italy - Iveco new heavy truck range for 2014...with a seriously revamped Stralis due in 2011/12 too
Milan,Italy -BigLorryBlog (UK) -June 16, 2010: ... Last night a convincing presentation from Iveco boss Paolo Monferino talking about the Italian truck maker's four-year plan and how Iveco, Case New Holland and the industrial and marine bits of Fiat Power Train will be demerged with Fiat the car maker. The new company including Iveco will be known as Fiat Industrial... According to Monferino there will be a new generation of IVECO heavy trucks for Europe by 2014 that will feature a modular cab design and...what for it..a big banger! Yes BLB understands that when the new range arrives for Euro-6 the engine options will include an 'around' 16-litre straight six to take on the likes of Volvo and Scania... (Photo from roadtransport/big-lorry-blog: New Iveco heavy range for Euro-6 2013/14)
* UK - Truck registrations still depressed in May
London,UK -Road Transport, by Justin Stanton -9 June 2010: -- Truck registrations continued in their depressed state last month, although the rate of decline is flattening... Registrations of trucks over 6 tonnes totalled 1,875 in May, down 14.5% on May 2009. Registrations in April were 20.2% down year-on-year, so the rate of decline is falling... For the year to date, registrations stand at 9,147, 24.2% down on the first five months of 2009... In the year to May, DAF continues to lead the market with a 28.2% market share, ahead of Mercedes-Benz on 16.2%. Third place goes to Scania with 14.2% in front of Iveco (10.7%), Volvo (8.8%), Renault (7.4%), MAN (6.2%) and Isuzu (2.5%)... Registrations of vans up to 3.5 tonnes improved by 32.8% in May to 17,025, and by 15.4% to 87,131 in the year to date... Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders chief executive Paul Everitt says: "It is vital that the [government's] emergency Budget keeps the recovery moving" ... (Photo Leyland DAF 55.160 Tipper 4x2 Year 2000)* China's Auto Market Keeps Booming
Shanghai,China -Forbes (USA), by Jack Perkowski -June 17, 2010: ... the business of trucks and buses is a big industry in China. Of the 13.6 million vehicles produced and sold in China in 2009, 8.4 million were passenger cars, but 5.3 million were trucks and buses. Through April of 2010, commercial vehicle sales were up 55% over last year, a bit less than the 66% growth in sales achieved by passenger cars, but still a healthy increase... Now, during the first four months of this year, the Chinese bought 2.5 million trucks and buses, compared to 3.7 million passenger cars... This segment of the market is a major beneficiary of the switch from unconventional to conventional vehicles discussed in our post on the subject. Approximately 80% of the commercial vehicles sold were mini and light trucks and buses, ideal replacements for agricultural vehicles and those ever-present inkfish... With China’s fast-growing economy, however, heavy duty truck sales are also booming with unit sales up 132% so far this year. During the first four months of 2010, 383,000 heavy duty trucks were sold, and volume should top 1 million units by year end. That makes China, by far, the largest truck market in the world... Vehicle exports during the first quarter were 106,000, up 52% over last year... As the developing economies of the world recover --former Soviet bloc countries and countries in the Middle East, Africa and Southeast Asia-- they become natural markets for cars, trucks and buses made in China... (Photo from digitallydo: ShiYan-DongFeng factory All Finished)
* Germany - Benz makes safety cheaper
Stuttgart,Germany -ATN (Australia), by Gary Worrall -June 11, 2010: -- The outstanding safety package offered by Mercedes-Benz on its range of heavy commercial vehicles is a lot more affordable than many operators realise... The full safety package, Benz customers can now specify for $14,500, including GST... The Lane Assist uses downward-looking sensors to read the lane markings on either side of the truck, setting off a warning if the truck crosses over without the indicator being activate, allowing the driver to bring the truck under control... The proximity control uses radar to control the distance between the truck and the vehicle in front, activating the brakes as needed, as well as resuming the pre-set speed once the traffic obstruction is removed... The Active Brake Assist, which is activated after the truck is dong at least 15km/h, detects moving objects in front of the truck and warns the driver, at the same time activating the braking systems to help avoid a rear-end collision, although it is unable to detect anything stopped or moving less than 8km/h... The Voith Retarder is a hydrodynamic auxiliary brake offering up to 3,500 Newton metres of brake force, with the driver able to select five different levels of brake force, depending on the situation, with the retarder also forming part of the emergency braking effort if required...Labels: truckmakers news worldwide
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