TRUCKMAKERS NEWS WORLDWIDE: * Australia - * Japan - * India
* Australia - Iveco Powerstar for the Aussie double and triple roadtrain market
(Photo: Iveco big lorry truck)
-Biglorryblog -14 December 2014: -- Doesn't seem that anyone has sent you information on IVECO's newest entrant in the double and triple road train segment of the Australian truck marke... Based on the bonneted range of Powerstar (Stralis cab with a local designed bonnet), the 7800 sits higher on the frame than the other models (6400, 7200) has a predominant American drive line, including Cummins ISX 550BHP or Signature 600BHP settings, large radiator, Eaton 18 speed manual gearbox and a choice of IVECO or Hendrickson suspension... Pictured one examples at the Perth (Western Australian) IVECO dealer...
* India - Tata Motors to expand Asia-Pacific presence
(Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint Mumbai: Tata Motors plans to add heavy and light commercial vehicles in the Thai market)
Mumbai,Maharashtra,India -Live Mint -Jan 21, 2015: -- Tata Motors Ltd, India’s largest automobile maker, will start selling trucks in Malaysia, Vietnam and Australia as part of a plan to strengthen its presence in the Asia-Pacific region, a company official said on Tuesday. The company’s subsidiary in Thailand will serve as a base to sell to the adjoining markets, which will also help the maker of the Ace and Xenon brands of vehicles to utilize its Thai facility optimally...
* Japan - Toyota sees global sales falling in 2015
(Photo:A Daihatsu truck)
Nagoya,Japan -Nikkei Asian Review -January 21, 2015: -- Toyota Motor expects to sell fewer cars and trucks in 2015 and will likely lose it position as the world's top-selling automaker to Volkswagen for the first time... Toyota expects to sell roughly 10.15 million vehicles worldwide this year, a decrease of about 100,000 from last year, according to company forecasts due out Wednesday. Its 2014 total likely came in close to an initial projection of 10.22 million. These figures include output from minicar maker Daihatsu Motor and truck maker Hino Motors... Toyota's annual sales have not fallen since 2011, when Japan was struck by a devastating earthquake and tsunami. Not only is this streak likely to end, but Toyota is also at risk of ceding the automobile industry's global sales crown, which it retook from General Motors in 2012...
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