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Chevy Rolls Out 2014 Silverado 1500 Pickups
Chevrolet this week launched the 2014 lineup of its Silverado full-size, light-duty pickups that have been redesigned “from hood to hatch.” The 2014 version is markedly distinctive from the previous generation (2007-13 model years) of the biggest-selling Chevy model in the U.S....
Thomas Built Buses Honors Top Dealers for 2012
Thomas Built Buses recognized its top dealers of last year, with president and CEO Kelley Platt presenting the 2012 Dealer of the Year award to Tim Bearchell, general manager of The Bus Centre in Acheson, Alberta Canada...
GM Adds Smaller Chevy Cargo Van Based on Nissan NV200
A new cargo van will join Chevrolet’s U.S. and Canada lineup—the Chevy City Express—that will be based on the Nissan NV200 already sold here, General Motors Co. and Nissan said...
XL Hybrids Signs Deal with Knapheide
XL Hybrids, Inc., developer of a hybrid electric powertrain for Class 1-3 commercial vehicles, has signed an agreement with Knapheide Manufacturing Co. for the installation and distribution of its products...
Sprinter Van Unveiled by Mercedes-Benz
The newly redesigned 2014 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van, which is due to go on sale in the U.S. starting September 1, will include a new 4-cylinder diesel engine and 7-speed automatic transmission along with a host of safety-system options...
FTR Shippers Conditions Index Improves in March
The FTR Associates’ Shippers Conditions Index (SCI) for March eased from February’s level of -9.5 reading to a current reading of -7.3, indicating a slightly improved but still negative environment for shippers...
Medium and Heavy Truck Sales Up 15% in April
By Rick Weber
Medium and heavy truck sales were up 15% in April over the same period a year ago and up 5% from the previous month, according to figures compiled by Wards Communications...
Southern States Utility is New Travis Dealer
Travis Body & Trailer Inc. of Houston has appointed Southern States Utility Trailer Sales Inc as its new independent dealer ...
Ervin Equipment Opens Mexico City Division
Ervin Equipment, Inc. has opened a Mexico City division, Ervin Mexicana, that is headquartered in Mexico City and has offices in Cuautitlán and Tlalnepantla de Baz...
U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders Up 30%
U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $507.91 million in March, up 30.4% from February, according to The Association For Manufacturing Technology ...
SEMA Opens Facility for Emissions Testing, Dyno Services
The SEMA Garage-Industry Innovations Center has opened and provides manufacturers with access to a full emissions-testing EO certification lab and dyno services...
Supreme’s Class A-B Stock Gets 5% Dividend
Supreme Industries, Inc. (NYSE MKT: STS) announced a 5% stock dividend on its outstanding Class A and Class B Common Stock...
M.H. Eby Celebrates 75 Years
M.H. Eby, Inc., a manufacturer of standard and custom designed aluminum trailers and truck bodies for agricultural, equine and commercial transportation, is celebrating its 75th anniversary...
Spartan Motors’ Revenues Down 19% in 1Q
Spartan Motors, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPAR), Utilimaster’s parent company, said first-quarter revenues totaled $96.1 million versus $118.8 million, down 19.1% from the first quarter of 2012 due to a decline in sales in the Delivery & Service (DSV) segment...
UPS Plans to Operate 700 New LNG Vehicles
UPS (NYSE: UPS) plans to purchase approximately 700 liquefied natural gas (LNG) vehicles and build four refueling stations by the end of 2014. Once completed, the LNG private fleet will be one of the most extensive in the U.S...
Kile Named Carrier Transicold Dealer of the Year
Kile Truck Refrigeration of Nashville, Tenn., was named Carrier Transicold’s 2012 North America Dealer of the Year, and Reefer Services of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, was named Latin America Dealer of the Year at the annual meeting...
FMCSA Wants to Revise Definition of GCWR
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would revise the definition of gross combination weight rating ...
Douglas Dynamics Acquires Assets of TrynEx
Douglas Dynamics, Inc. (NYSE:PLOW), which designs, manufactures and sells snow and ice control equipment for light trucks, has completed the acquisition of substantially all the assets of TrynEx, Inc., which produces truck-mounted salt and sand spreader equipment under the brand name SnowEx...
Fuel Economy, Connectivity Driving Full-Size Pickups’ 26% Sales Growth
Sale of full-size pickup trucks are up 26% to date year-over-year, according to Kelly Blue Book’s Automotive Insights, and industry experts say that appears to be driven by vastly improved fuel economy and greater electronic “connectivity"...
Preliminary Class 8 Orders Up 37% in April: FTR
Preliminary April Class 8 truck net orders were 23,026, 6% above March numbers and 37% above April 2012, according to FTR Associates ...
Wabash Makes Gains in Productive 1Q
Wabash National Corporation (NYSE: WNC) reported year-over-year improvement across a number of financial and operating metrics for the first quarter...
Hyundai Translead Boosts Aftermarket Network
Hyundai Translead has added New Life Transport Parts Centers to its North America aftermarket parts distribution network...
April Preliminary Net Orders Stay on Trend: ACT
Class 8 preliminary net orders of 23,300 in April represent a continuation of the narrow order trend that has been in place since last October. Over those seven months, orders have fallen no lower than 20,100 units and no higher than April’s expected 23,300 units, according to ACT Research...
Heil Trailer Achieves Global Certifications In Quality, Environmental And Health & Safety
Heil Trailer International Co. last year became the only global manufacturer of specialty trailers to be certified to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 standards...
Peterbilt Honors Dealers of the Year
Peterbilt Motors Company used its annual Dealer Meeting to honor three companies for 2012: Rush Peterbilt Truck Center-Nashville as Medium Duty Dealer of the Year; Western Peterbilt-Spokane as TRP Dealer of the Year for its sale and support of TRP’s all-makes truck, trailer and bus parts; and Camions Excellence Peterbilt-Laval as North American Parts and Service Dealer of the Year...
