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Jun 14, 2017

NEW HDT * South Africa - From UD TRUCKS

* Pretoria - UD Trucks launches new heavy-duty truck range in SA

--- UD Trucks Southern Africa (UDTSA) has launched its new Croner heavy commercial vehicle (HCV) range. Featuring 13 variants, the new product range offers up to 21 configurations... The range will be assembled from semi-knockdown kits (SKD), at the company’s plant in Rosslyn, Pretoria, and will be introduced to other markets in the region during the next year... The SKD kits for assembly will be imported from Thailand, similar to the Quester extra-heavy truck range... South Africa remains the Japanese truck maker’s biggest market outside Japan. The company is active in more than 60 countries... UD Trucks became a part of the Volvo Group in 2007... 
Rosslyn, Pretoria, SA - Engineering News (South Africa), by IRMA VENTER - 9 June 2017

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Feb 14, 2017

UD Trucks * South Africa - Positive outlook for 2017

* Pretoria - UD Trucks sales in 2016 were 28,144 units 
--- While 2017 is expected to be another difficult year for South Africa’s automotive industry, some remain positive that this year will see an improvement over the difficult 2016 period... UD Trucks Southern Africa Managing Director Rory Schulz believes that, considering the economic and political challenges South Africa faced in 2016, the truck market fared reasonably well. He argues that the 2016 market was at its lowest since 2009, but truck sales were still considerably better than they were at that time, with 28,144 units sold. However, most segments took quite a knock from previous years... The light duty vehicle market was the hardest hit, down 18%. The heavy duty segment also took a knock of 10.1%, while the medium duty market – what Schulz calls the ‘bread and butter’ of the truck market – only experienced a 4% decrease... According to Schulz the medium duty segment was tracking well most of the year but took a hard knock over the November/December period... 
(Photo: UD Trucks’ Quester range)   --  Rosslyn. Pretoria, South Africa - Infrastructurene, by Danielle Petterson - January 20, 2017

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Jan 29, 2017

ISUZU TRUCKS news * South Africa

* Port Elizabeth - Isuzu Trucks in for long haul

--- Isuzu Trucks South Africa has emerged as a consistent driving force behind the country’s commercial vehicle offerings. It has started the year by dominating both the medium and heavy commercial vehicle segments, giving it a commanding share of the overall commercial vehicle market... Reflecting on its relatively short history as a Japanese original equipment manufacturer in South Africa claim the number-one position for Japanese OEMs in the country, which it had achieved in 2013... Uren said Isuzu Trucks fielded a solid performance at the end of 2014, exceeding the 4 000-unit sales mark for the second year in a row and remained the leader in the cab-over-chassis and medium commercial vehicle (MCV) segment with a market share of 12.8% of the total truck market... Uren said while last year had been a difficult year, the company had held onto its leading position for a fourth consecutive year and ended with a 14.6% market share from the total park of 3 952 units... 
(Picture: PRODUCTION LINE: Isuzu Trucks South Africa’s director and chief operating officer, Craig Uren, is bullish about the company’s 2017 prospects)  --   Port Elizabeth, South Africa - The Herald Live, by Shaun Gillham - January 26, 2017

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