Class 8 trucks
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News
Used truck sales dropped 14 percent in May, down 22 percent from a year earlier (with video)
Preliminary used truck sales in the heaviest weight segment – Class 8 – dropped 22 percent in May compared with…
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News
Navistar putting more money to work in Alabama
Navistar announces plans to invest $125 million in new and existing facilities in Alabama.
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Chart of the Week
Spot market rates and truck orders have surprisingly tight correlation
National spot market price movement has a surprisingly tight relationship with new truck orders.
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Chart of the Week
Capacity is still being added to the market long after it has cooled
Capacity is still being added to the market. Truck orders numbers for both new and used models support this.
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News
March Class 8 truck orders plummet 66 percent from a year
March orders for new trucks in the heaviest Class 8 weight segment plummeted 66 percent compared with the same month…
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Equipment
Hino strives for a piece of the Class 8 truck market
It’s been about 50 years since a truck maker has successfully entered the Class 8 market in North America and…
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Company earnings
PACCAR”s forecast sees a slight growth in class 8 truck market after a strong year
There aren’t too many signs of a slowdown in the class 8 order book, company officials said.
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News
Demand for Class 8 trucks on downward slope as supply picks up
Class 8 truck orders dropped dramatically in both November and December, with orders dropping below deliveries in December.
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Equipment
Surprisingly strong earnings from Navistar may mark the end of a long turnaround
A company that once had problem after problem is turning things around on the back of the strong market for…
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News
Today’s Pickup: Polish truck operators might go broke over new EU regulations
EU guns towards a new regulation that forces fleets to provide minimum wages to drivers; OPEC meets today over oil…
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