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In an indication that the pickup in economic activity is likely to be sustained, commercial vehicle sales rose for the third straight month in September.

Led by Tata Motors Ltd and Ashok Leyland Ltd, auto makers sold 45,451 trucks and buses in September, up 6.4% from a year ago, according to data released by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers.

Significantly, sales of large multi-axle trucks capable of carrying 25 tonnes of cargo more than tripled to 1,559 units in September, compared with the same month last year.

“This is a classic sign of an economic revival,” said Ramnath S., vice-president of research at financial services firm IDFC-SSKI Securities Ltd, referring to the rise in sales of large multi-axle trucks.

Ramnath said that this is just the beginning of a revival for the commercial vehicle sector. “Domestic demand is up and the decline in exports has been reduced,” he added.

Makers of cars and two-wheelers also reported a rise in sales.

Car sales, which have risen for the past eight months, increased sharply to 129,683 units, up 20.6% from the year-ago period. Still, car makers are wary of how demand will hold up after the festive season. The impact of scanty monsoon rains is also an unknown.

For now, sales have been held up in part by new model launches. Nine new cars have been launched in the past year. Siam does not release individual model sales.

Two-wheeler sales registered a modest 7.6% increase to 778,424 units. The relatively lower growth was partly due to labour problems at Honda Scooters and Motorcycle India Pvt. Ltd. It registered a 10% drop in production to 81,505 units.

Siam, which reports dispatches to dealers and not retail sales, said it would increase its annual sales forecast in November for the fiscal year to 31 March.

“We have reached the upper end of the forecast we had given in April. So we would need to revise this,” Siam director general Dilip Chenoy told the media.

Siam had forecast a growth rate of 3-5% for cars for the year that began on 1 April.

In the first six months of the year, car sales have risen 14% and two-wheeler sales have grown 15%.

Easier availability of financing and low interest rates have played a key role in getting the sales back on track. The average rate for auto loans has fallen by 4% to 10% in the past year, according to Siam.

State Bank of India, the country’s largest lender, has moved aggressively to cut rates. It now offers loans at 8% for the first year and 10% for the second and third years.

Volvo Group, a leading global truck maker, reported a big switch into quarterly loss on Friday, but the outcome was better than expected and the company said prospects were looking up, notably in Asia.

The group, the world's second-biggest producer of trucks, reported a net loss of 2.92 billion kronor (285 million euros, 429 million dollars) for July to September, down from profits of two billion kronor in the same period of last year.

"There are some positive signs indicating that the decline in demand has bottomed out and that we are now beginning a gradual recovery," the company's chief executive Leif Johansson said in an earnings statement.

"These signs are the most obvious in the group's second-largest region in terms of sales, Asia, where the economic growth is also reflected in demand for the group's products."

Johansson said that demand for trucks, spare parts and servicing "continued to stabilise" overall in Europe, where signs of recovery had appeared in recent months with major economies France and Germany emerging from recession. Russia and Spain remained weak, however, he said.

"We also see that demand for used trucks is steadily improving in Europe, which indicates that the market has bottomed out and that our customers' businesses are moving in the right direction," he said.

Volvo Group -- which makes trucks, buses and boat and aircraft equipment, but does not include the Volvo Cars brand -- posted its biggest-ever quarterly net loss, 5.57 billion kronor, in April to June this year.

The economic crisis has sharply reduced auto demand, prompting massive job cuts and losses by some of the biggest companies in the sector.

Volvo's third-quarter results were better than expected however, after analysts polled by Dow Jones Newswires had forecast a net loss of 3.3 billion kronor. Net truck sales were 48.5 billion kroner, slightly less than expected.

The group also "significantly reduced" its operating loss -- a measure of profits before tax and interest -- to 3.3 billion kronor from 6.8 billion in the second quarter, it said, "as a result of cost cutting measures."

Johansson said that tighter environmental standards due to come into force in North America next year had prompted Volvo to develop new trucks with ultra-low gas emissions, and that this new technology would push prices up.

"Price increases may... have a delaying impact on the recovery of demand in 2010," he said.

Volvo's shares surged 3.8 percent to 69 kronor in morning trading on the Stockholm stock exchange, which was up by 0.8 percent overall.
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Swedish truck maker AB Volvo on Friday reported a third-quarter net loss of 2.9 billion kronor ($423 million), due to a steep drop in sales, and said demand was still "far below" normal levels.

It was the fourth consecutive quarterly loss for the company and compares with a previous profit of almost 2 billion in the same three months a year ago.

Revenue in the period plunged more than 30 percent to 48.5 billion kronor from 69.8 billion kronor in the third quarter in 2008.

Volvo CEO Leif Johansson said that although markets seem to have stabilized, his company "is not relying on our profitability being boosted by a substantial recovery in sales of new products," saying it is still "far below" the long-term trend for sales of new trucks and machines. The company will therefore continue to keep sharp control of costs, he said.

Volvo, headquartered in Goteborg, also makes buses, engines and construction equipment. It sold its car division to U.S.-based Ford Motor Co. in 1999, which now has announced that the car unit is for sale.

Mack Trucks and Volvo Trucks North America will merge next month into a single corporate entity, the Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) reported.

Mack spokesman John Mies told the newspaper the change is only an organizational change within Volvo AB, and that it will not affect either brand.

Mack Trucks and Volvo Trucks will keep separate sales organizations and vehicle lines, the newspaper reported Thursday.

The move comes as Volvo tries to increase efficiency and profitability within Mack and Volvo Trucks.

The new entity will be called North American Trucks, the Morning Call said.

Dennis Slagle, chief executive officer of Mack, will lead the new company. Per Carlsson, president of VTNA, will be chief operating officer.

A man was killed in a construction accident in Beaverton. Police were called to the scene at SW 173rd and SW Walker Road in Beaverton.

Beaverton Police Detective Sgt. Jim Shumway said crews had been working on the intersection when a dump truck backed over and killed a construction worker who was working as a flagger.

The victim was identified as 51-year-old John Thomas Sparks of Salem.

Beaverton Police said that Sparks, an employee with Mama Jos Flagging, was helping a driver turn onto a street when he was hit by the dump truck.

Investigators said that Sparks was likely standing between the trucks rearview mirrors at the time of the accident and was knocked to the ground by the vehicle.

He was unable to move out of the way of the moving truck and was run over.

Mack Trucks reported Tuesday that rig deliveries in August were down 40 percent from the same month a year ago.

Mack is based in Greensboro, N.C., and produces trucks at its facility in Upper Macungie Township that employs roughly 500 workers.

The company manufactured 755 trucks in August, 511 fewer than in August 2008.

Mack is on a pace to have its worst production year in at least a decade, caused by what officials have said is a drop in demand because of declines in the shipping and construction industries.

Through August, Mack has produced 6,827 trucks for the year, down 38 percent from 2008.

Mack does not produce trucks on speculation like automakers, so deliveries represent actual customer orders.

Volvo AB, the Sweden-based parent company of Mack, reported Tuesday that company-wide sales which includes brands such as Renualt and Volvo were down 52 percent in August from the same month a year ago because of large decreases in truck demand from regions like North America, Asia and Europe.

Mack Trucks Inc. deliveries dropped 25 percent in July compared to last year, a trend the company blamed on continued weak demand for heavy trucks in North America. Year-to-date sales are down 38 percent.

The company said today low trucks sales in core-market segments of construction and local hauling have affected results. Mack attributed the declines there to the slump in housing construction and weak retail sales.

Among Mack's market areas, it's busiest region North America reported a 42 percent decline while South America, a smaller segment, saw a 61 percent decline in July.

The company reported expansion in the Middle East, a market that was not served in July 2008.

Mack is in the process of company-wide reorganization. The truck maker is moving all domestic manufacturing to its Macungie plant while relocating headquarters from Allentown to Greensboro, N.C.

The company has said both moves were planned for September. Mack is owned by Sweden-based AB Volvo.

A new museum proposed in Central Australia will honour the iconic Mack truck.

The CEO of the National Road Transport Hall of Fame, Liz Martin, says exhibits are coming in from around the country.

She says it's important to recognise the contribution of all those who helped open up and develop the outback.

"Mack trucks built the outback, there's no doubts about that," she says.

"They have a reputation the world over, not just in Australia, as being the hardest and the toughest and the ones that built the roads, and that's why it'll be a drawcard as much as anything else that we've got here."

Mack Trucks Inc.’s new Greensboro headquarters is now open and operating.

Employees of the heavy-duty truck maker began moving in August, after months of renovations at its 60,000-square-foot Airpark West office park building, said spokesman John Walsh.

The building is not far from the headquarters for its sister company, Volvo Trucks North America.

Mack, a member of the Swedish Volvo Group, announced a year ago that it would relocate its headquarters from Allentown, Pa., to Greensboro to improve efficiency and be closer to Volvo Trucks North America, bringing with it close to 500 jobs and an investment of $17.7 million within three years.

Mack’s jobs are expected to pay an average of $73,800, not including benefits. The average Guilford County wage is about $38,948.

Tata Motors Ltd., India's largest automaker by sales, said Friday it plans to introduce another light truck, smaller than its sub-one-ton Ace model, to capitalize on demand for the vehicle.

"There has been some demand for a product in that category and we are looking at developing one such model," P.M. Telang, managing director for Tata Motors' India operations, told reporters on the sidelines of an industry conference.

The Ace, one of the highest-selling vehicles of Tata Motors, was first introduced in 2005 to compete with three-wheeled goods-carrying vehicles from Bajaj Auto Ltd., Piaggio and Mahindra & Mahindra.

Light truck sales in India have been less affected by the economic downturn than those of heavier vehicles, with medium and heavy truck sales sliding 32% during April-July 2009 to 44,774 units, while those of light trucks rose 20% to 66,421 units.

Tata Motors currently makes 15,000 Ace vehicles per day at a factory in Pantnagar in the northern state of Uttarakhand, Mr. Telang said.

He added that the automaker - which controls U.K.-based Jaguar and Land Rover - is witnessing faster growth in car sales compared to trucks and plans to introduce an upgraded variant of its Indigo sedan by December.

Mr. Telang said, however, that sales of medium and heavy trucks returned to last year's levels in July.

"We are hopeful that by the end of this year, we will register some growth in this segment as well," Mr. Telang said.

He said weak monsoon rains are expected to hit the company's vehicle sales this year.

"If monsoons were good this year, I would have expected a good sales growth, but now we are cautiously optimistic as certain sectors like steel and cement have started picking up," he said.

India's monsoon rains were 29% below the 50-year average during the June 1 to Aug. 11 period, a meteorological department official said last week.

Mr. Telang said a dedicated facility for the Nano minicar at Sanand in western Gujarat state is on schedule and trial production is likely to start in January-February.

The company currently produces up to 125 Nano minicars - the world's cheapest car - per day at its Pantnagar factory.

"We will take 10 months from January to fully ramp up the (Sanand) factory," he said.

Tata Motors shifted operations to Sanand after abandoning a planned site last October at Singur, in the eastern state of West Bengal, following violent protests over the acquisition of disputed farmland.

Tata Motors plans to reach an annual manufacturing capacity of 250,000 Nano cars at the Sanand factory. The company's chairman Ratan Tata said Tuesday that capacity will eventually be increased to 350,000 cars.

ata group chairman Ratan Tata plans to visit Korea for a Sept. 14 event showcasing Tata-Daewoo's new medium and heavy trucks.

A Tata-Daewoo spokesman said Sunday the chairman may possibly make a surprise announcement about the group's plan to enter the Korean passenger car market.

Currently, Tata Motors accounts for 30 percent of Korea's medium and heavy truck market, while import of Tata passenger cars is under review. India's largest automaker is among the world's top five manufactures of commercial vehicles.

Tata Motors, currently producing 14,000-15,000 Ace trucks, has announced its decision to increase the production of its Ace light truck by 15-20 per cent by the end of the current financial year. It would also phase out 15 models in its commercial vehicle range to comply with new emission standards coming in force from April 1.

Ravi Pisharody, president for commercial vehicles at Tata Motors, said: “It has always been our commitment to continually refresh our product portfolio, with both new products and improvements on proven platforms, guided by our customers’ feedback.”

Mr. Pisharody said that the company has been doing well in the overseas markets of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. It will soon introduce a new variant of the Ace in seven Indian states, given its popularity and utility. Tata Motors, inspired by overwhelming response to Ace, is also coming up with a ‘Super Ace’ version next month.

About new emission standards, Mr. Pisharody added: “Ideally, we want to upgrade all our BS-II vehicles to BS-III. In some cases, though, this may not be possible because of the engines in some BS-II vehicles. We will then have to phase them out, which would translate into 10 per cent of a range of 150 models or 10-15.”

Deliveries at Mack Trucks Inc. plummeted 40 percent in August compared to last year, a trend the company attributed to weak economic conditions in North America.

Mack recorded 755 deliveries last month, down from 1,266 in August 2008, parent company AB Volvo announced today.

The truck manufacturer reported declines in all of its markets. Its largest segment, North America, reported a 26 percent drop in deliveries.

The company has said the economic downturn, particularly in housing construction and retail sales, has affected its core markets. Year-to-date sales are down 38 percent.

Mack is in the process of a company-wide restructuring, including moving all manufacturing to its Macungie plant, which employs about 525.

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Volvo Trucks in India has secured an order for 125 trucks.

The company stated that this is its largest order since being established in the country.

Vijay Leasing Company in Hyderabad, India is the company purchasing 125 Volvo FM trucks. The trucks will be delivered in the summer of 2009 for use in coal and steel mines in southern India. Vijay Leasing Company already owns 108 Volvo trucks.

In Volvo Trucks' full ten-year presence in India, this is the largest order ever and a milestone, according to Par Ostberg, member of Volvo's Group Executive Management and President of Trucks Asia. There are a total of 5,500 Volvo trucks in India, which is the world's fourth largest truck market.

"In India, Volvo Trucks belongs to the premium segment and has secured a place as the leading manufacturer in terms of safety and environmental responsibility," said Par Ostberg. "We have a solid customer base, very strong customer relationships and the best aftermarket solutions."

He is cautiously optimistic about the Indian truck market and views the order as a sign that the vehicle market in India may be on the rise.

"We are observing positive signs of a recovery regarding light trucks and buses. In terms of heavy trucks, the market is still declining but at a slower rate," said Par Ostberg.

The sale is being conducted through VE Commercial Vehicles, which is a joint-venture launched in 2008 between Volvo and the Indian company, Eicher Motors. VE Commercial Vehicles comprises Eicher Motor's trucks and buses, and the Volvo Group's truck sales and service network for trucks and buses.
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They’re red, they have ladders and can carry up to four firefighters, but they sure don’t look anything like fire trucks.

That’s because they’re not.

They’re pickup trucks filling gaps in the Buffalo Fire Department’s aging fleet of vehicles when standard trucks are out of commission.

But can they get the job done? A top fire official said the substitute vehicles are better than nothing at all.

Deputy Fire Commissioner Patrick T. Lewis added that if a pickup arrives first on the scene, a fully outfitted aerial truck and a pumper truck will be close behind.

Dan Cunningham, president of the firefighters union, says precious time in rescues could be lost if a pickup arrives first. Unlike aerial trucks with ladders capable of stretching 75 to 100 feet into the air, pickups carry ladders with a capacity of about 35 feet.

He added that the pickups, which serve as temporary replacements for aerial trucks when they are in the shop for repairs, cannot carry all of the rescue equipment the bigger trucks routinely transport.

“My first concern is the safety of my members, and obviously we serve the public and we are very, very concerned that we won’t be able to do our job for the safety of city residents,” Cunningham said.

The practice of substituting pickups started a few months ago and is expected to conclude when a backup aerial truck is fixed and three new pickup trucks on order are received by the end of this year, according to Lewis.

In addition, three new pumper trucks are expected in October, the deputy commissioner said, explaining that the city ran into delays when a fire truck manufacturer experienced financial problems.

Should citizens be concerned when they see a pickup roll up to the scene of a fire?

“I’d rather have a pickup truck pulling up with four firefighters than be waiting for the next closest company to come in,” Lewis said, adding that firefighters assigned to truck companies often request the pickups when their regular apparatus is being repaired.

“Department members don’t want to sit and wait all day for the rigs when they are out of service,” Lewis said. “I think we’re providing better service to the citizens and taxpayers in a nonperfect world. It’s better than having four firefighters doing nothing and waiting for the repairs.”

The four available pickups are usually only in service for several hours, the deputy commissioner said in defense of the practice.

Cunningham, however, said firefighters at the station at Ellicott and South Division streets were assigned a pickup Thursday and most of Friday.

Cunningham, who heads Buffalo Professional Firefighters Local 282, said he has received millions of dollars in federal grant money in recent years and should have sufficient equipment.

“Why don’t we have fire equipment? They just received $1.5 million for a new fire boat. Maybe they can’t spend the money on really needed fire equipment, but this just shows the priorities,” said Cunningham, whose union has been working without a new contract since July 1, 2004.

Indian automaker Mahindra & Mahindra plans to introduce a diesel-hybrid pickup truck for sale in the U.S. by 2010. The pickup, called the Appalachian, would become the first diesel-hybrid to hit the light-duty market in the United States. Currently, the only diesel hybrids in the U.S. come in the form of mass transit buses.

The two- and four-door pickup, roughly the size of a Toyota Tacoma, will be powered by a 2.2-liter four-cylinder clean-diesel engine designed by Bosch. Output should be 145 horsepower with 300 lb-ft of torque. It will be offered in two- or four-wheel drive, and have a payload capacity of about 2,600 pounds. The Senior VP of Product Development at Mahindra is Dr. Arun Jaura, former head of vehicle engineering for Ford's Escape Hybrid platform. Further details are unknown.

Mahindra says a diesel-only model of the Appalachian, which will come out in 2009, will yield fuel economy in the 30- to 35-mpg range. Mileage for the diesel-hybrid version is expected to exceed 40 miles per gallon.

According to Global Vehicles USA, the American importer for Mahindra, the cost of the Appalachian diesel pickup will be in the mid-$20,000s. The hybrid version is expected to carry a premium of an additional $5,000. The vehicle will be partially built in India, with the final assembly to be done in Ohio. The vehicle will be sold through a network of approximately 300 Mahindra dealers in the United States.

As you look at the highway, you will be able to see a variety of vehicles. Some are small others are big. In every automobile that you see running on the road, the big ones like the trucks are very important. Despite the fact that some of their variety is expensive, people still buy them because they help a lot in doing business especially in manufacturing)

Trucks come in all sizes as well. However, they are usually bigger than the mainstream cars. Most of the trucks are used for transporting goods from one location to another. These vehicles are termed as medium duty truck. Popular ones that we see are used for logging; others for moving furniture, some are even used for collecting trash. Other vehicles are commonly used for construction, such as cement mixers and they are used to transport materials for buildings.

However, these vehicles come with a special purpose. If we want to use them for as our daily mode of transportation, you can go for SUVs truck or pick-ups. You can use these great vehicles for city driving. They are modifiable too. Most people add truck lift kits on them to make them bigger or to have a better suspension.

Service Utility truck may look like minivan and they may not have the looks of a pick-up, but they are perfect for your passengers as they can really be comfortable for traveling. They are spacious and sometimes they are even high-tech. Most of them are four-wheel drive and despite the disadvantages that they are pointing out to this type of feature, it is commonly equipped with safety features. Nowadays, emergency features and ABS (Anti-lock braking system) have been adapted. Some are just what they call part-time meaning they do not have to be engaged at all times in a four-wheel drive. However, most of them are comfortable if you plan to have long hours of driving.

Pick-ups are also light versions of this vehicle. The rear end is open, so either it can be used as an added space to accommodate more passengers or it can be used as your cargo area. As your passengers take a ride at the back of this vehicle, they will have the same feeling that they get when riding on a top down, convertible.

Some use this for off-road adventure. However to use them in this kind of leisure, certain modifications are needed. The most important accessory that should be added is truck lift kits for suspension. These are composed of springs and shocks to improve clearance of the vehicle as they go past the uneven surfaces of the road. If you plan to have this kind of adventure, then you should consider taking this modification.

These lighter versions can be used for transportation too. If you are running a small business, they can also be used to carry goods but not as much as cargo forwarders can carry. Nevertheless, they can really be a great help to your business and they can be perfect for your passengers too.

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