Articles by Jon Thomson

Barker Trailers has appointed a number of new senior management staff in a bid to re invigorate its operations and attack the coming year. Acting managing director, Scott Barker, believes reinvigorating the senior management team […]

In the wake of the massive global emissions scandal Volkswagen has admitted it is exploring options for growth in its heavy-truck division that could include acquisitions and an initial public offering (IPO). VW global trucks […]

The distribution of British built Optare buses has been thrown into turmoil in recent weeks with the company terminating the Australian distributor Patico and moving to install a new distributor. In a letter to customers […]

Ask anyone in the know in the Australian truck market about the Iveco brand and most will tell you that the revolving door at the front of the building has for some time been sucking […]

T&T PUTS THE BEST SELLING WORKHORSES  THROUGH THEIR PACES  TO DETERMINE THE BEST BUY Never has the choice been so broad (bewildering?) in the working 4×4 pick-up market. In the past decade we’ve seen the […]

On the back of Iveco’s sales success in 2015 the Dandenong based commercial vehicle company is signaling an expansion of its  dealer network as well as new after sales initiatives in the coming year. Iveco […]

Light-duty truck and van sales continue to surge while heavy-duty doldrums drag on… Australian truck sales in 2015 up 4.5 per cent in 2015 according to the end of year T-Mark data summary issued by […]

Coach & Bus issue 22 is now available  and  in this issue we have a oodles of things for you to sink your 2015/2016 holiday-period teeth into. We check out the massive coach and bus […]