As the global recession claims more and more victims, the truck industry has had to come up with ways to stay afloat.
Readers of the quarterly review articles in FOCUS will be aware that the South African market for commercial vehicles over 3 500 kg gross vehicle mass (GVM), for the initial six months of 2009, was 48.2% of the total volume of sales recorded during the equivalent period one year earlier.
For a look at what the South African truck market can expect in the near future, FRANK BEETON discusses what went down at the Brisbane Truck show.
For some time, Global FOCUS has been commenting on the emergence of the new truck manufacturing “culture” in the United States, where the leading brands are moving increasingly away from the traditional practice of offering a very wide selection of driveline aggregates, bought-in from specialist suppliers such as Cummins, Detroit Diesel, Caterpillar, Eaton/Fuller, Spicer ArvinMeritor and Dana.
With General Motors feeling the pinch, other major manufacturers such as Tata Motors and Mercedes-Benz continue to roll out new models and engines.
As Navistar and Caterpillar join forces, Daimler AG and Hero call it quits on their proposed joint venture. The global financial crisis has sent vehicle sales plunging into freefall in many parts of the world. Following a 10-year period of uninterrupted growth, the Australian truck market has not escaped the impact of reduced demand,
The sale of Volkswagen Caminhöes e Ônibus, Volkswagen’s (VW’s) Brazilian truck and bus-building operation, to affiliate MAN AG, was completed in the first quarter of 2009. The deal, valued at R13.3 billion, allows VW to focus its corporate energies on passenger cars and light commercial vehicles, while setting the scene for an enormously powerful global truck alliance
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