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May 29, 2017

IVECO * Italy / Switzerland: Sell 400 trucks

* Swiss - Armed Forces orders IVECO trucks

--- Iveco Defence Vehicles has won an order from the Swiss armed Forces for 400 trucks, scheduled for delivery 2017-2021. This initial delivery order forms part of a framework contract for a new fleet of specialised vehicles signed in November 2015 and scheduled for delivery 2016-2022 – the third such contract between the two parties since 1996... As with previous contracts, vehicle drive configurations will comprise a range of variants, from the new STRALIS and TRAKKER ranges, which will be supplied with a range of different equipment, some with protected cabins. The high level of technology fitted in the vehicles, together with the extended use of commercial off-the-shelf components are fundamental to ensuring the required safety and operability of the fleet. All vehicles will be fully-compliant with Euro 6 emissions regulations and fit for Single-Fuel-Operation...
(Photo: Iveco Defence VehiclesIveco Defence Vehicles’ TRAKKER model will be among the 400 trucks to be delivered to the Swiss Armed Forces in the first delivery order under the new framework contract) -- Zurich, Swiss - Monch, by Tim Mahon - 28 May 2017

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Nov 29, 2014

TRUCK SALES * South Africa: MAN's

Focus on MAN Truck and Bus

-BDLive -Nov 27, 2014: -- Imperial Cargo, a division of JSE-listed Imperial Group, has procured 60 MAN TGS 26.440 truck-tractors to service its line-haul operations in southern Africa. The new vehicles will join the 44 MAN TGS 26.440 units currently operating in the Imperial Cargo fleet which now numbers a total of 360 trucks... Established in 1997, Imperial Cargo fields a mix of truck brands and deployed its first MAN trucks in 2012 following successful in-fleet trials on the TGS 26.440... The 60 new trucks have been procured on a 36-month/ 600,000km rental agreement and are each expected to travel about 16,000km per month...

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Sep 10, 2014

TRUCK SALES * India

* EDMC adds 28 more garbage collection trucks to its fleet

New Delhi,India -Press Trust of India -Sep 06, 2014: -- To revamp its waste management mechanism, the East Delhi Municipal Corporation on Saturday added 28 more modern garbage disposal trucks to its fleet... EDMC had earlier procured 52 such new trucks, officials said... To revamp its waste management mechanism, the East Delhi Municipal Corporation on Saturday added 28 more modern garbage disposal trucks to its fleet...

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May 11, 2013

THE WORLD's BIGGEST TRUCKMAKERS * Sweden & China

* Belgium - EU clears Volvo, Dongfeng trucks tie-up

Brussels,Belgium -AFP/The Economic Times (India) -May 8, 2013: -- The European Commission approved Wednesday a tie-up between Sweden's Volvo Trucks and China's Dongfeng Motor which will create the world's biggest lorry maker ahead of Germany's Daimler... Under the deal, worth $900 million (690 million euros), Volvo Trucks will acquire a 45 percent stake in the Chinese's company's Dongfeng Commercial Vehicles (DFCV) unit, giving it effective joint control with Dongfeng Motor...

* UK - Two first Volvo FH’s delivered to the same business 20-years apart

(Photo: Alex Anderson has taken delivery of the first New Volvo FH to be ordered in the UK and Ireland)
Borrowstounness,Scotland,UK -Transport and Logistics -7 May 2013: -- History, apparently never repeats itself, but historical situations do re-occur. That phrase definitely fits the arrival of the UK’s first new Volvo FH, which was delivered to Boness-based sawdust and woodchip contractors, Alex Anderson in April... Almost 20 years ago this West Lothian based business also took delivery of the UK’s first ‘classic’ FH model at the 1993 Scottish IRTE truck show... Alex Anderson’s latest premier prime mover is the first of a batch of 16 similar tractor units ordered for delivery this year. Sourced through a mixture of outright purchase and leasing, the 6x2 tractor units feature Volvo’s D13C Euro-5 engines, producing 500hp and these are coupled to I-Shift automated gearboxes. Globetrotter XL cabs, leather seats, Xenon headlamps and Dura-Bright alloy wheels are all part of the new FH’s comprehensive specification...

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Oct 23, 2012

TRUCK SALES * WORLDWIDE

* Italy - Study: The car dealers are sick. What about those of Trucks?

Florence,Italy Automotive Space, by Maurizio Sala -30 Aug 2012: -- The cataclysm feared by the Italian dealers federation is already a reality from some years among the dealers of trucks!

The dealers of trucks in Italy - in the mid 2000 – they were over 550. Now they are less than 180, although many elude the census because they continue to do the same job but without the flags/insignia of a manufacturer... But, 180 dealers will be enough in Italy? The HCV and bus sector in Italy show a decline in the first half of 2012 by 38%, compared with the European decline of only 11%. Dividing the projection of 9,000 trucks provided by market estimates, for the number of the survivors dealers, we obtain a dealer sales average of less than 4 vehicles per month... And the 58% of the dealer expects a further deterioration in demand.

The road transportation world is important for the system: the dealers sell the vehicles to companies that use them to supply the markets. In Italy 90% of freight moves by trucks! Railways and ships are still outclassed... To understand the importance of the truckers, just remember when a few weeks of strikes and agitation of a hundred “car-transporter drivers” brought down the entire Italian automotive industry. Loss of revenue for many hundreds of millions and even a negative repercussion on the stock exchange for the collapse of the OEM’s market share... The term “seven sisters” no longer indicates the biggest oil companies, but the western best known manufacturers of truck: DAF, Iveco, MAN, Mercedes-Benz, Renault, Scania and Volvo. Around the corner, however, other “half-sisters” Chinese, Russian and Indian build tens of millions of trucks, buses and commercial vehicles that already are grabbing over the streets in Europe, Asia and North America... Some manufacturers are experimenting new systems to distribute trucks and equipments: someone is cancelling underperforming dealers – or merely observes their agony – and sells directly to fleets and big companies, focusing – for service and maintenance – on the support of the authorized repairers that – in the world of trucks – do not depend on the dealer as in the automobiles but directly from the manufacturers... Authorized Service Points are still many more than 1,300. They are competent, proud to represent a brand, and offer excellent services, ensuring coverage of the territory with minimal cost compared to those of the dealers.

* UK - September's decline in overall car output not enough to affect YTD figures

London,EN,UK -Fleet World Group, by Luke Durkin -18 Oct 2012 : -- According to new figures published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, overall car output fell by 5.8% in September, however, remained up by 10.2% over the year-to-date... Commercial Vehicle output fell considerably by 20.2% in September, further accelerating the 7.5% decline over the year-to-date... Engine production also fell 12.8% throughout the month with January-September figures also down by 0.4% on figures recorded the same time last year...

* China - JAC High-end Light Truck Wins One More Fleet Order

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Hefei,Anhui,China -JAC (PR) -25 Oct 2012: -- On Oct.20th, delivery ceremony of 100 JAC high-end light trucks to Dada logistics was grandly held in Dalian logistic park, Nantong, Jiangsu... From January to September, JAC has sold all kinds of light trucks nearly 140,000 units, among which 16,000 units were high-end light trucks... Top 500 enterprises pass JAC light truck brand value by themselves... China famous food company Wantwant has sales network all over the country, so it emphasizes a lot on the efficiency quality capability and service capability of the logistic vehicle. Since 2007, Wantwant has made additional orders and its accumulated orders have reached 5000 units. By now, JAC light truck has become the only appointed light truck brand by Wantwant...

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Sep 29, 2012

TRUCKS' SALES * WORLDWIDE

* China - Sales of heavy trucks down 33.2% in August

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Beijing,China- China Trucks, by Mika/Eric -21 Sept 2012: -- The sales of heavy trucks were gloomy in August, and most industry insiders are pessimistic about exported sales in the future... 38,271 heavy trucks were sold in August, down 33.2% over last year and down 1.5% over sales in July... 7,700 Dongfeng heavy trucks were sold, down 36.1%; 6,500 Sinotruk and 5,500 FAW heavy trucks were sold, down 18.9% and 62.4%. 4,700 Shaanxi Auto trucks and 5,600 Foton trucks were sold, down 12.6% and 8.4%...

* India - Tata Motors receives an order of 1314 trucks from SVLL

Mumbai,India -Overdrive -21 Sept 2012: -- Siddhivinayak Logistics Ltd. (SVLL) has placed an order of 1314 trucks with Tata Motors, the single largest order that the latter has received till date. The order includes the recently launched Tata LPT 3723 and Prima 4923 LX. SVLL has a fleet size of approximately 4000 commercial vehicles and they operate in many segments like machinery, steel, tractors and more...

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Sep 5, 2012

TRUCK SALES * WORLDWIDE

* Belgium - Heavy declining registrations in August
Brussels,Belgium -Source: FEBIAC/Truck and Business, by Claude Yvens -4 Sept 2012: -- The figures for the month of July were misleading: the registrations of new vehicles in August fell sharply: -10.9% for the tractors, and -23.8% for the trailers. The decline is even greater for trucks of less than 16 tonnes (-29.5%)...

* India - Truck sales drop for the fifth month in a row this fiscal
Chennai,India -The Times of India, by Nandini Sen Gupta -Sep 3, 2012: -- For the fifth month in a row truck sales in the 5 tonne - 49 tonne range registered a sharp drop as rentals continued to drop on trunk routes. Truck sales dipped 13.25% in August as rentals saw a 3%-4% drop across the board on trunk routes on the back of 9%-11% drop in rentals during April - July 2012 said an Indian Foundation of Transport Research and Training (IFTRT) report...

* India - Tata Motors expects revival in demand for heavy trucks

Mumbai,Maharashtra,India -Rediff business -September 4, 2012: -- Tata Motors' commercial vehicles segment, which contributes more than half of the company's stand-alone profits and is the biggest truck maker in the country, on Monday said it has seen a slight revival in demand for heavy trucks and hopes for the trend to continue in the festive period... In June, Tata Motors was forced to shut down its manufacturing unit for heavy trucks in Jamshedpur for three days due to lack of demand...

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Aug 24, 2012

TRUCKS' SALES * WORLDWIDE

* Sweden - Scania and PostNord Close Deal for Heavy Trucks

Gothenburg,Sweden -InAutoNews (Romania) -23 Aug 2012: -- PostNord and Scania closed a deal according to which the automaker will supply heavy trucks for the distribution of packages and letters in Norway, Denmark and Sweden... More than half of the order will be delivered with Scania’s P-series trucks, used for both regional and local distribution... The order for longer distances will be delivered with Scania’s G-series trucks that are equipped with a 13-litre 400 hp engine. All Scania trucks meet the EEV, the highest environmental classification... The PostNord order is Scania’s single largest sale so far this year... PostNord is a holding company formed in 2009 by the Danish-based Post Danmark A/S and the Swedish-based PostenAB. Since then it has offered logistics and communication solutions to, from and within the Nordic region. The company has around 1,600 trucks...

* DC / USA - Oshkosh, Lockheed Win Contracts for Military Truck

(Photo: This The Next Hummer?)

Washington,DC,USA -Dow Jones Newswires/Fox Business, by Bob Tita -August 23, 2012: -- Specialty-truck maker Oshkosh Corp. and defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. received contracts Wednesday to develop a replacement for the U.S. military's Humvee utility truck... AM General LLC of Indiana, the privately held incumbent manufacturer of the Humvee, also received one of the three engineering and development contracts, which range from $56 million to $66 million. Over the next year, each contractor will deliver nearly two dozen prototype trucks for testing and performance evaluation. The prototypes are expected to be incorporated into the military's final specifications for a production contract in 2015... The JLTV program, the cost was capped at $250,000 per truck and the initial production run was limited to about 18,000 vehicles over five years. The U.S. government has been purchasing Humvees in recent years for an average price of about $143,000 a truck... Navistar said it could have an opportunity to jump back into the program when bids are solicited for the JLTV's production contract following the completion of development phase of the program...

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Mar 26, 2012

TRUCKS SALES * Sweden

* Scania: China orders 435 trucks, year starts well

Stockholm,Sweden -MarketWatch, by Dominic Chopping -March 26, 2012: -- Swedish truck maker Scania AB said Sunday that Chinese concrete pump manufacturer Zoomlion has now ordered 435 trucks that will be delivered before the end of June... Present order is in addition to the 375 trucks being delivered by April... "The year has started very well. The deliveries to Zoomlion alone mean that our sales volume during the first quarter of 2012 is at about as high as during the full year 2011," says Peter Sjoeblom, Managing Director of Scania's Chinese sales company...

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Mar 9, 2012

TRUCK SALES * WORLDWIDE

* Europe - Commercial Vehicles: Registrations up 16.8% in February

Brussels,Belgium -ACEA (PR) -29 Mar 2011: -- In February, new commercial vehicle registrations amounted to 141,914 units in the EU, or 16.8% more than in the same month last year. All segments posted growth, except buses and coaches. The month counted on average the same number of working days across the region compared to February 2010. From January to February, new registrations increased by 18.5%, compared with the same period a year ago, totaling 290,695 units. Growth occurred across categories...
* New Light Commercial Vehicles up to 3.5t – “vans”: Demand for new vans was up 12.3% in February, with 118,040 vehicles** registered...
* New Heavy Commercial Vehicles over 16t (excluding Buses and Coaches) – “heavy trucks”: The segment of heavy trucks posted the strongest growth in February (+74.4%) with 16,397 new registrations...
* New Commercial Vehicles over 3.5t (excluding Buses & Coaches) – “trucks”: February results in the truck segment showed a 53.9% increase in the EU, which totaled 21,815 units...

* Belgium - Renault Trucks wants to recover 10% of the Belgian market

Brussels,Belgium -Truck and Business, by Claude Yvens -24 Feb 2012: -- 2011 after a year marked by a certain increase its market share, Renault Trucks will continue to rise in 2012 to find an overall market share of 10%. More than new 'products' outstanding (Kerax 8x8, Maxity Euro 5, with Magnum Legend Optiroll, but especially Midlum Optifuel, see elsewhere), it is on its virtues of low power that the trademark will base its marketing offensive... The balance between sales of tractors and rigids is considered 'normal', 2011 after a year marked by massive purchases more from the carriers, but Gatineau and his team primarily expect an improvement in market conditions in the second half...

* USA - Class 8 Truck Orders Drop 11 Percent

Nashville,IN,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by William B. Cassidy -Mar 5, 2012: -- FTR Associates reports February fall-off following truck-buying surge in 2011... Net orders for new Class 8 trucks dropped 11 percent in February from January, the second straight month of decline, according to research firm FTR Associates... Preliminary data released by FTR on Monday indicate total Class 8 tractor orders reached 22,243 units in February. Final data will be released later in March... The slide in order numbers doesn’t necessarily indicate slackening demand or an economic slowdown, said Jonathan Starks, director of transportation analysis...

* Brazil - Anfavea: February Auto Sales Fall 8.9% On Year

(Photo: A Truck stop in South America)

Sao Paulo,Brazil -Dow Jones/The WSJ, by Paulo Winterstein -6 Mar 2012: -- Brazil auto sales in February dropped 8.9% from the year-earlier period as a lingering global economic crisis crimps Brazilian consumer confidence, auto maker association Anfavea said Tuesday... Sales of cars and light commercial vehicles totaled 235,834 units in February, down from 258,803 in the 2011 period and also down 6.7% from January sales... Vehicle sales during the first two months of the year totaled 488,493, flat when compared with the same period last year... Brazilian auto makers exported $1.26 billion during the month of February, up from $1.15 billion in January and climbing from $1.17 billion in February 2011...

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Feb 23, 2012

TRUCK SALES * WORLDWIDE

* Spain - Vehicle Sales Down 0.9% in January

New York,NY,USA -WardsAuto -Feb. 15, 2012: -- Spain vehicle sales totaled 61,940 units for January 2012, down 0.9% vs. January 2011... January 2012 vehicle sales decreased 19.0% compared with December 2011 sales... Peugeot Citroen is the leader in year-to-date sales with a total of 11,106, resulting in a 17.9% market share...

* China - Sales of auto products in Xinjiang surges in 2011

Urumqi,Xinjiang Uygur,China -Xinhua, by Fang Yang -20 Feb 2012: -- Auto products sales in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region totaled over 20 billion yuan (about 3.17 billion U.S dollars) in 2011, up 23.7 percent from the previous year... Meanwhile, about 16,000 vehicles were exported to other countries from Xinjiang... Regarding those vehicles exported from Xinjiang, a large portion were large-and-medium-sized heavy trucks which have been in demand in Central Asian countries due to their competitive price, according to the report...

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Feb 22, 2012

TRUCK SALES * WORLDWIDE

* Sweden - Volvo Delivered 15,647 Trucks in January, Up 2% On Year

Stockholm,Sweden -Dow Jones Newswires/Fox Business (USA) -February 22, 2012: -- Swedish truck maker Volvo AB Wednesday said it delivered a total of 15,647 vehicles in January, an increase of 2% compared with the year-earlier period... Deliveries' main facts:

* In Europe increased 4% to 6,234 vehicles from 6,006 the same period last year.

* In Western Europe declined by 1%, while truck deliveries in Eastern Europe increased 31%.

* In North America were up 22% to 3,144 vehicles from 2,587 vehicles.

* In South America declined 16% to 1,183 vehicles from 1,414.

* Truck deliveries in Asia declined 7% to 4,055 vehicles from 4,357 vehicles.

* In other markets, deliveries rose 13% to 1,031 vehicles.

By each brand, deliveries it was:

* Mack's unit delivered 1,593 vehicles in January, up 25% compared with year-earlier period. Though there are signs of improvement in the energy sector, the overall vocational truck segment remains weak, and Mack said it has compensated with a strong focus on sales of its Pinnacle highway models.

* Volvo Trucks' deliveries for January rose 5% to 6,822 trucks, compared with the year-earlier period.

* Renault Trucks' deliveries increased by 2% to 3,850 vehicles compared to the same period last year. The French assembly plants where Renault Trucks are produced adapted their production rate to the market level without having to introduce any short-time weeks.

* In total 1,726 UD Trucks were delivered in January, down 17% compared with the year-earlier period.

* Deliveries from Eicher totalled 1,656 trucks, flat compared with the year-earlier period. Volvo Group represents 50% of the total production volume for Eicher.

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Feb 3, 2012

TRUCK SALES * WORLDWIDE

* Belgium - TFM Group builds its growth on 20 new Scania

Garocentre,Houdeng-Goegnies,Belgium -Truck and Business (Belgium), by Claude Yvens -31 Jan 2012: -- TFM Group (Houdeng-Goegnies), a family firm par excellence, is experiencing strong growth. The group currently employs 200 people for a turnover of EUR 25 million, up 10% per year on average. For 2012, TFM Group will continue its development in the Iberian Peninsula, where it is already present via the transmission system under controlled temperatures Masterfrio. Didier Michel, Group CEO, will indeed open a new entity in Portugal... The park recently underwent a facelift with the purchase of 20 new Scania tractor cab model R or G and a 420 hp...

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Jan 19, 2012

TRUCKS SALES * WORLDWIDE

* Sweden - Scania wins order for 375 trucks from Zoomlion

(Photo: A Scania truck with Zoomlion concrete pump)

Södertälje,Sweden -ABR -18 January 2012: -- Swedish truckmaker Scania has received an order from Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology for 375 trucks to be used as a platform for mobile concrete pumps... Zoomlion's mobile concrete pumps, which have a span up to 80 metres are used in the construction of high-rise buildings and bridges, are mounted on Scania's 4- and 5-axle truck chassis with 6-cylinder 420-470 hp engines... Zoomlion is a China-based manufacturer of machinery and equipment which is used, for example, in the construction of important national infrastructure...

* USA / UK - More miles and older vans maintain values, says Manheim

(Photo: Manheim Auction Haydock)
Atlanta,GA,USA -Commercial Motor (UK), by Laurie Dealer -12 January 2012: -- Stats on the rolling stock at Manheim Remarketing provide further evidence of the cause and effect supply has had on the sector in the past year... The age of a used van up for sale at Manheim Remarketing might be 18% older and it might have 17% more miles on the clock than 12 months ago, but its value has remained more or less identical... Manheim Remarketing reports that in spite of average age being up nine months to 59 and average mileage up 11,889 miles to 82,445, used van prices only fell 1.3% through 2011, or £54, to £4,013... The lowest used van value in May 2011, £3,841, was topped by a stonking hike of £315 to the years highest of £4,156 in June. Since then prices rose gradually to November (£4,063) before settling at £4,013... Average age, however, went from 50 months in December 2010 to top 60 months in November 2011, before falling back to 59 at year end. Average mileage rose 11,889 miles through the year to reach 82,445 by the end of the year...

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Dec 29, 2011

TRUCKMAKERS SALES * USA

* USA - Auto Sales Finish Year Strong

New York,NY,USA -The WSJ/Auto Industry News, by JEFF BENNETT -January 5, 2012: -- Auto makers capped 2011 with a strong December and forecast the recovery in U.S. sales would intensify as long as a stabilizing economy and improved U.S. job gains continue to encourage shoppers... Detroit auto makers reported increases in vehicle sales for December, with Chrysler Group LLC posting a 37% rise, Ford Motor Co. citing a 10% gain and General Motors Co. reporting a 4.6% increase. For the full year, Chrysler's sales rose 26%, Ford's 11% and GM's 13%... All told, auto makers sold 1.2 million cars and light trucks in December, a rise of 8.7% from the same month in 2010...

* Minnesota - Fire truck maker scores $320 million deal with Saudi Arabia

(Photo: A Minneapolis' Fire truck)

Minneapolis,MINN,USA -kstp -December 27, 2011: -- The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Interior is ordering 1,125 vehicles from Rosenbauer Minnesota, based in Wyoming, Minn. Rosenbauer says it’s the largest order in industry history...

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Dec 1, 2011

TRUCKS SALES * WORLDWIDE

* China - Toyota's Nov. China sales down 1.3% on year

Beijing,China -MarketWatch (USA), by By Norihiko Shirouzu -Dec. 1, 2011: -- China sales at Toyota Motor Corp. and its two local joint venture partners fell 1.3% in November from a year earlier to about 81,800 vehicles, according to a company spokesman in Beijing... But Toyota officials were quick to say that the Japanese auto maker is still committed to achieving its goal of selling more than 900,000 cars in China this year... For the first 11 months of this year, Toyota sold about 775,500 vehicles, up 6.7% from a year earlier. The company sold 846,000 cars in China in 2010. December is usually a big sales month for Toyota and other auto makers operating in China... After rapid growth in 2009 and 2010, China's auto market as a whole has slowed considerably this year as sales of smaller-engine cars and commercial vehicles stalled after the government ended some incentives for car buyers... This year, overall sales of vehicles, including passenger cars and heavy trucks and buses, are expected to rise about 3%, according to China's main industry group. Last year, the market grew about 30%...

* Dubai / UAE - Commercial vehicle sales on steady rise

Dubai,United Arab Emirates -Trade Arabia -30 Nov 2011: -- The number of commercial vehicles sold in the GCC (11,924 units) over the first three months of the year showed a steady increase of four per cent over the same period in 2010, said a report... The total number of GCC sales for trucks and buses over 4000 kg gross vehicle weight in 2010 stood at 58,025 units, an increase of 50 per cent from 2009 (38,590), according to figures released by global motor trade data specialist Auto Strategies International... However, though the numbers are still well down on 2008, when 116,997 trucks and buses were sold in the GCC, indications are that an industry hit hard by the economic recession in 2009 is again gathering momentum, the report said...

* Japan - Auto Exports +13.2% On Year In October

(Photo: Nissan Motors' pickup trucks line up for export to the Middle East area as a freighter approaches to the Nissan pier at the Yokohama port, Kanagawa prefecture)

Tokyo,Japan -Dow Jones -30 Nov 2011: -- Japan's exports of cars, trucks and buses climbed 13.2% on year in October for the third consecutive monthly gain, the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association said Wednesday... Exports totaled 472,022 vehicles in October, up from 417,030 vehicles in the same month a year earlier, the association said... The gain indicates that, with parts supplies back to normal, auto makers have boosted their production for export to make up for lost output in the wake of the March 11 disaster...

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Sep 12, 2011

TRUCKS' SALES WORLDWIDE * UK - Commercial vehicle sales up

Remain strong with around 23 per cent growth in August

(Photo from AutoWeek: A Volkswagen Lupo)

London,EN,UK -Tyrepress -September 9, 2011: -- Said Sue Robinson, Director of the RMI National Franchised Dealers Association which represents commercial vehicle and franchised car retailers across the UK, commenting on the SMMT’s van and truck registration figures... The latest new van and truck sales figures show month on month sales .. Robinson continued: "In the van sector 2-2.5ton vans saw a massive increase of 52 per cent. Larger vans (up to 3.5ton) also performed well with sales increasing by 19.3 per cent. Year to date larger vans are up by 23.3 per cent. The slowdown in growth in August may indicate a slowdown in corporate van purchases... In the truck sector 6-16ton trucks saw a massive increase of 57 per cent. Year to date 6-16ton trucks have only seen a 6.8 per cent increase. The substantial rise in this month’s sales indicates greater confidence held by smaller businesses and owner operators that tend to purchase these kinds of vehicles. Another encouraging indicator in the heavy truck sector comes from large rigid trucks (over 16ton) where year to date sales have increased by 23.5 per cent. This could indicate that the construction trade is picking up and demand for this type of truck is increasing. Throughout the year articulated tractor units have been the best performer in the overall truck sector with an increase in sales of nearly 88 per cent year to date"...

* China - Car sales accelerate by 4.1%

Beijing,China -My China Views -September 10, 2011: -- Growth in China’s auto sales piсked up in August as automakers offered more priсe сuts to boost demand, the China Assoсiation of Automobile Manufaсturers said yesterday... Vehiсle deliveries grew to 1.38 million units last month, an inсrease of 4.1 perсent from the same period of last year, the CAAM said... Passenger сar sales gained 7.3 perсent year on year to 1.09 million units while сommerсial vehiсle sales fell 6.4 perсent to 285,900 units... Growth in China’s auto sales slowed down in the first seven months of this year after last year’s 30 perсent surge mainly beсause of the expiration of government inсentives on smaller-engine models and subsidies for vehiсle upgrades... In the first eight months of this year, сarmakers sold 3.3 perсent more vehiсles, totaling 11.9 million units, the CAAM’s figures showed...

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Mar 10, 2011

TRUCK SALES * Europe - UV registrations 20% up in January

Brussels,Belgium -Truck Europe, by Michel Buckinx -3 March 2011: -- According to figures from the European Automobile Manufacturers Association ACEA, registrations of utility vehicles increased by 20% in January 2011, compared to the same month in 2010. For LUV’s (up to 3.5 t), the increase was 15.3 %. For the over16 tonnes category, it was 64.6 % (and even 144.3 % in the UK!) with 17,928 units registered. Above 3,5 t, the increase was 52.5 %, to 23,584 units registered...

* UAE/Dubai - New figures show commercial vehicles industry on road to recovery in GCC

Dubai,United Arab Emirates -AME Info -March 7, 2011: -- New figures showing the commercial vehicles industry in the UAE and the rest of the GCC countries is well on the road to recovery have been released in the countdown to the trade's big regional showcase event in Dubai next week... Commercial vehicles sales in each of the GCC countries for the first half of 2010 showed significant increases on the same period in 2009, with total sales in the region leaping by 37.97% to 253,790. This includes trucks, busses, vans, pick-ups and utility vehicles... The UAE leads the way after sales of 53,683 units, a 54% rise. In Kuwait, 12,333 units were sold between January and June 2010, an increase of 49% from the same period in 2009, with Oman experiencing a 41% leap in sales to 28,079 units... Bahrain recorded a 38% increase with 6,758 sales for the period, while sales of 107,926 in Saudi Arabia and 13,781 in Qatar represented rises of 29% and 24% respectively... While regional commercial vehicles sales still lag behind pre-recession levels, which reached 722,619 in 2008, the new figures reflect a fresh mood of optimism in the industry, as highlighted by a strong presence of major industry players in the exhibition line-up for Dubai...

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Feb 18, 2011

TRUCK SALES WORLDWIDE * France - Renault Trucks: sales up 26% in 2010

Lyon,France -Truck & Business, by P. A. -16 Feb 2011: -- For Renault Trucks in 2010 resulted in an overall increase in sales with a total volume of 44,938 vehicles invoiced (+26%). Nevertheless, the recovery remains slow and fragile observed. In this context that remains difficult, Renault Trucks has continued its investments (130 million euros since 2009) in its production sites in France. The year 2010 ends with a total volume of vehicles invoiced amounting to 44 938, representing an overall increase of +26.2%...

* France - 126 Premium road Catone

Lyon,France - Truck Business, by P. A. -17 Feb 2011: -- Renault Trucks will deliver 126 Premium Route Catone Italian company specializing in refrigerated transport internationally. His choice fell on the Premium Road mainly because of its excellent performance on the road, its very good payload and low power consumption. The contract covers 126 Premium Route 460 horsepower V Euro, of which 30 weredelivered in late 2010. Other vehicles will be delivered this year...

* USA - Used Medium Truck Prices Continue to Climb

New York,NY,USA -Automotive Digest - January 31, 2010: -- Used truck business is a seller's market... Due to recovering economy, optimistic freight outlook, premium prices for new trucks. Demand for used trucks is up; pricing will continue to elevate... Ryder experiencing 70% swing in used medium-duty truck prices dating from 2009. Through 2009, prices Ryder received for used medium-duty trucks 10% to 20% lower than in 2008... Export market for used trucks was primarily South and Central America. Increasing number of trucks going to Europe and Africa... Fastest-moving products are newer, low-mileage tractors...

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