The owners of Maxim Transportation Services have consolidated the company’s seven divisions and 15 branch offices under a new name: Maxim Truck & Trailer. “The new unified name and brand – Maxim Truck & Trailer – represents our strategy to place a greater focus on the overall customer experience at all Maxim divisions and branches,” [...]
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Revenue attributable to truck sales, which currently make up about a third of Mercedes-Benz South Africa’s (MBSA’s) yearly sales of R37-billion, are likely to rise to around 50% in the coming years, given strong market demand for commercial vehicles in both South and Southern Africa. Chairperson Dr Hansgeorg Niefer says that the commercial vehicle division [...]
Isuzu Motors Ltd., Japan’s biggest maker of light-duty trucks, will assemble vehicles in Russia with Severstal-Avto beginning in August as the country’s demand for commercial vehicles rises. The venture will have an annual capacity of 25,000 units, Tokyo-based Isuzu said Monday in a statement. Japanese trading company Sojitz Corp. is also a partner in the [...]
New car and truck sales in the United States will drop this year to their lowest level since 1994, global marketing firm J.D. Power and Associates says in revised projections released Tuesday. That means two million less vehicles will be sold in 2008 than three years ago – a decline equivalent to the production of [...]
It was love at first sight for Daroll Frewing and his ’53 Chevrolet Advance Design pickup. He knew from 100 feet away that the Commercial Red 3100 was the truck of his dreams. Daroll didn’t set out specifically to buy a Chevy pickup made in ’53–it was the smooth, rounded lines and distinctive, horizontal grille [...]
General Motors officials said Tuesday the automaker is holding its market share, even though the U.S. market for selling cars and trucks continues to be a challenge. GM reported Tuesday that it sold 282,732 vehicles in March, down 19 percent from its sales in March 2007. Car sales were down 14 percent, while deliveries of [...]
U.S. consumers bought 227,143 Ford Motor Co. vehicles in March, down 14 percent from a year earlier. Dearborn, Mich.-based Ford (NYSE: F) manufactures F-Series Super Duty trucks at Louisville’s Kentucky Truck Plant on Chamberlain Lane and Ford Explorer and Mercury Mountaineer sport utility vehicles at the Louisville Assembly Plant on Fern Valley Road. Ford said [...]
Czech logistics firm CS Cargo said on Thursday it had signed a contract to buy 1,500 Mercedes-Benz trucks worth 4.5 billion crowns ($278.8 million). The Mercedes-Benz Actros trucks, made by Daimler AG, will be delivered over the next two years, CS Cargo said in a statement. The logistics industry has boomed in fast-growing central and [...]
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Warmer weather is not the only sign of spring. The roll-out of huge Convoy of Hope (COH) tractor-trailers means that a new season of giving is also underway. Convoy of Hope, founded in 1994, takes advantage of an important and growing trend in the charity world: in-kind corporate giving. Food and pharmaceutical supplies sitting unsold [...]
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Truck trouble at Toyota. The vehicle manufacturer began notifying owners of Tacoma pickup trucks about the potential for severe rust on truck frames. The trucks may not have adequate corrosion protection. The problem affects models manufactured between 1995 and 2000. The company says a small number of trucks have had problems. So, no recall has [...]