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PACCAR TO TEAM UP WITH NEW HYDROGEN RESEARCH CENTRE IN VICTORIA

January 15, 2020 Jon Thomson

Truck maker PACCAR is apparently about to team up with Victoria’s Deakin University as it opens the first Hydrogen Transition Centre in Australia, with the aim of establishing hydrogen as a clean, low emission fuel […]

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2019 TRUCK SALES – DOWN BUT NOT OUT

January 13, 2020 Jon Thomson

In any other year the 2019 Australian commercial vehicle market would have been considered a pretty solid performer, but given 2019 followed the all time record sales of 2018, it does look a little ordinary […]

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SCANIA TOASTS TRUCK RECORD IN 2019

January 7, 2020 Jon Thomson

Scania Australia has set a new benchmark for deliveries in 2019, with 1149 heavy-duty trucks placed with customers during the year. In the first full year of availability of the New Truck Generation, sales accelerated […]

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SCANIA ENJOYS RECORD BUS SALES DOWN UNDER IN 2019

January 7, 2020 Jon Thomson

On the back of a record number of truck deliveries Scania has also celebrated a record year of bus and coach deliveries in 2019, with 427 new vehicles, eclipsing the previous record of 403 buses […]

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ANTHONY FISICARO JOINS VOLVO FOLLOWING KING LONG CLOSURE

January 7, 2020 Jon Thomson

Volvo has announced a coup for its bus sales operations in Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania, with the announcement that former King Long Bus sales boss, Anthony Fisicaro has been appointed as the new Volvo […]

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YUTONG OPENS FACTORY BUS DEALERSHIP IN MELBOURNE

January 7, 2020 Jon Thomson

Yutong Australia has announced it is opening a new factory owned dealership in Melbourne, covering sales and service across Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. The company has also announced that the new factory dealership will […]

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VOLVO TO CONTINUE TO SELL UD IN AUSTRALIA DESPITE SALE TO ISUZU

December 20, 2019 Jon Thomson

Volvo Group Australia has revealed that it intends to continue to distribute UD Trucks in Australia even after the impending sale of the brand to UD is completed late in 2020. Volvo Australia has issued […]

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MAY DROPS BOMBSHELL IN MOVE FROM BENZ TO IVECO

December 19, 2019 Jon Thomson

In a morning of surprises in the truck industry, its been announced that Michael May has resigned as the director of Mercedes Benz Truck and Bus IN Australia, to take up a new role as […]

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BREAKING NEWS: VOLVO AGREES TO SELL UD TO ISUZU

December 19, 2019 Jon Thomson

In a move that has taken the truck market by surprise, Volvo has announced that it has agreed to sell its Japanese subsidiary UD Trucks to rival Japanese truck maker Isuzu for about $US 2.3 […]

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TRUCK MARKET SOFTENS AGAIN IN NOVEMBER

December 10, 2019 Jon Thomson

The truck market has softened a little more as we head to the end of year, although in any other year but  the one following a record, it would be seen as a success. So […]

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