Mack Trucks has named Matthew Walsh vice-president, export for its international operations business, effective immediately. In his new position, Walsh will be responsible for Mack’s international export business, sales and distribution development. His duties will include overseeing export marketing, truck and parts sales, logistics, customer support and distributor development. “The export component of Mack’s international [...]
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With truck sales sagging nationwide because of the slowdown in home construction, General Motors is taking its latest truck models to work sites and marketing directly to the people most likely to buy them. The Hard Days Work Tour is another twist in the latest trend in the highly competitive automotive business: Targeting specific groups [...]
Jan
31
If you think things are tough at Ford right now, imagine what it’s like for the Dodge guys. They all have new owners. Most probably have new bosses. And now they have to make a new Dodge Ram. Not to belabor the point, but competition couldn’t be more fierce, the economy couldn’t be gloomier, and [...]
It’s been five years that the battle has been going on between Freightcar America and the United Steel Workers Union. There was a glimmer of hope recently, but now there are new details and new questions about the future of the plant. According to the union, a court injunction was supposed to put workers back [...]
North American Car, Truck Of Year Awards Given The 2008 Chevrolet Malibu and 2008 Mazda CX-9 were voted as the 2008 North American Car and Truck of the Year at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The winners were chosen by 45 automotive journalists who represent newspapers, magazines, television, radio and Internet outlets [...]
Jan
31
Freightliner says its Business Class M2 106 hybrid drop-frame beverage truck is now available for order. The company has said it will build 1500 hybrid trucks over the next three years, in various configurations for utility and P&D applications as well as beverage hauling. It first showed an M2 hybrid in late 2006. The class [...]
It’s no secret that Isuzu Truck (UK) will shortly be adding heavier models to its UK truck line-up. In fact at last year’s CV Show it provided a sneak preview of a prototype 12-tonne Japanese spec Isuzu ‘F’-Series on its stand. Now it tells Biglorryblog that “Our aspirations have come to reality and at [...]
Jan
30
Let’s call this a sequel to the letter of Jeffrey Crosby, which I considered an excellent article (“The Need For Trucks And Trucking,” Jan. 9). In respect to my remarks, I have over 56 years in trucking starting in 1939. I have done about everything, from driving to general traffic manager with Houff Transfer for [...]
THE RTA faces demands to shield motorists from heavy vehicles after another truck crash turned the F3 freeway into the road to misery for a second straight day. The accident, which landed nine people in hospital and shut Sydney’s fragile northern artery for almost two hours yesterday, has snapped the patience of motorists and road [...]
Kenworth Truck Company and Westport Innovations Inc have announced that production of a line of liquefied natural gas vehicles will begin in 2009. The Kenworth T800 LNG trucks will use Westport’s LNG fuel system technology adapted for the Cummins ISX 15-liter engine. Natural gas provides 25% of all energy in the United States, including 3% [...]