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Jan 12, 2012

TRUCK SALES PROGNOSIS * USA

* Weaker US economy won't affect Class 8 demand this year

Columbus,IND,USA -Truck News (CAN) -Jan 11, 2012: --  ACT Research says it expects the pace of US economic activity to operate at around a 2% rate as 2012 unfolds, according to the January issue of the ACT North American Commercial Vehicle OUTLOOK... "A wide range of US economic data reported in the last few weeks have been stronger than consensus expectations. However, they are incidental to underlying trends, as the fundamental factors affecting economic growth remain largely unchanged," said Sam Kahan, ACT's chief economist. "We do believe that the heavy-duty truck market will continue to benefit from healthy trucker profits and rising used truck values."..  No adjustments were made to ACT's commercial vehicle forecasts this month...


* DTNA forecasts Class 8 sales of 232,000 for North America, primarily based on replacement demand

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Miami,FLA,USA -Truck News (CAN), by Lou Smyrlis -Jan 11, 2012: -- Despite the sluggish economic recovery, Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) expects the North American Class 8 market to bounce back in 2012 with retail sales of 232,000 trucks. About 27,500 of those are expected to be sold in Canada... In comparison, retail sales for the North American Class 8 market came in around USA)
183,000 in 2011, with about 25,000 coming from Canada...  Mark Lampert, DTNA's senior vice president, sales and marketing,  figure that the North American truck fleet somewhere between 6.7 and 6.9 years old, on average. In Canada, records show that only about one fifth of heavy duty trucks are less than 5 years old...  He does see the average age starting to come down in 2012, however, as carriers large and small move to get rid of the older trucks in their fleets, which are likely starting to cause them maintenance-related issues...

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