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Aug 27, 2013

TRUCKMAKERS NEWS * USA: Volvo's new truck

* North Caroline - The Volvo's new Quester

Greensboro, NC,USA -Fleet Owner, by Sean Kilcarr -Aug. 26, 2013: -- A new day is dawning, of sorts, for UD Trucks– a Japanese truck maker formerly known as Nissan Diesel America and now a subsidiary of Sweden’s Volvo Group. And this “new day” is rising in the form of an all-new multi-model truck line dubbed the “Quester” that’s being aimed at the heart of Asia’s ever more lucrative commercial vehicle markets... Joachim Rosenberg – chairman of UD Trucks and Volvo’s executive VP-group trucks sales and marketing in Asia – said in a statement that the Quester is “designed especially for growth markets” and shall make its debut in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia this year... This new truck comes at a good time for the OEM, as it stopped production of cabover medium-duty trucks in Japan aimed for the North American market at the end of 2012 – a move that came just two years after its North American division celebrated its 25th anniversary serving the U.S. market and after several efforts spent trying to reinvigorate its product line for commercial operators in this country... UD’s Rosenberg added that a production system for completely built-up UD Trucks is under development in Thailand, India and China; a system obviously designed to expand on demand should the Quester spark interest among Asian truck owners...
* Washington - Oilfield Trucking Solutions receives first Kenworth powered by natural gas engine

(Photo: A Kenworth T800 Extended Day Cab with AutoShift) 
Renton,WASH,USA -layover -23 Aug 2013: -- Kenworth celebrated the production and customer delivery of its first full-production truck powered by the new 400-hp Cummins Westport ISX12 G natural gas engine during a special roll-out ceremony Tuesday before employees at the Kenworth assembly plant in Renton, Wash... Kenworth's initial 400-hp ISX12 G engine went into a Kenworth T800 Extended Day Cab...


* Tennessee / USA - Home-grown cargo van customization

Smyrna,TN,USA -Fleet Owner, by Sean Kilcarr -Aug. 27, 2013: -- Nissan Commercial Vehicles recently held an interesting national contest designed to highlight how its new NV200 cargo van can be customized any number of ways to meet the needs of small business owners... And what better way to figure it all out than to have small business owners take a crack at the customization process themselves? ... Conducted March 27 through July 1 this year and dubbed the “Design Your Ride” contest, entrants submitted modification ideas for the NV200 and entries were judged based on creativity (worth 35% of their final score), originality (25%), content (25%) and usefulness (15%)...

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