NHTSA recalls 3,500 Western Star trucks
NHTSA has recalled 3,500 Western Star trucks manufactured between December 1998 and February 2000 and equipped with Caterpillar 3406E and C-15 engines....
NHTSA denies Firestone's request
NHTSA announced today that it has denied a request by Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. to open a safety defect investigation into the handling and control characteristics...
Retail sales hit two-year high
The Commerce Dept. said today that U.S. retail sales, excluding autos, rose more in January than any other month in almost two years, a sign that consumers...
Slowing trailer production hurt Haldex in 2001
Sweden-based brake maker Haldex AB said that a major drop in North American trailer production in the fourth quarter of 2001 reduced both revenues and...
New Cummins turbo diesel for Dodge Ram 2500 and 3500
Dodge unveiled the new high-output Cummins turbo diesel engine for the all new 2003 Dodge Ram Heavy Duty 2500/3500 series pickup trucks February 6 at...
GM renames new medium-duty trucks
For 2003, General Motors has added model-name designations to its all-new conventional-cab line of Class 4-8 trucks. The new 2003 models, previously know...
Daimler sees worsening U.S. truck market
DaimlerChrysler has reduced its forecast for the North American truck market to 150,000 units this year from the 170,000 it forecast last year, the head...
Wabash announces $100 million in orders
Wabash National Corporation has announced that it has recently received orders exceeding $100 million. ``We are beginning to receive indications from...
Factory orders rise
U.S. orders for manufactured goods rose 1.2% to a seasonally adjusted $322.2 billion after a revised 4.3% decline in November. The department said transportation...
Factory orders rise
U.S. orders for manufactured goods rose 1.2% to a seasonally adjusted $322.2 billion after a revised 4.3% decline in November. The department said transportation...
U.S. gasoline pump price up for first time in 4 weeks
The U.S. retail price for gasoline increased for the first time in four weeks, jumping 1.5 cents a gallon over the last week to $1.116, the Energy Department...
Kidron, Hackney emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Less than 60 days after its initial filing for bankruptcy protection, Transportation Technologies Inc, parent company of Kidron, Hackney Brothers, and...
KIdron, Hackney emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Less than 60 days after its initial filing for bankruptcy protection, Transportation Technologies Inc, parent company of Kidron, Hackney Brothers, and...
Bid Submitted for Trailmobile Canada Stock
The controlling shareholder of Trailmobile Canada Limited (TCL) has announced that it intends to make a cash offer to purchase all of the outstanding...
Kidron, Hackney emerge from Chapter 11
Less than 60 days after its initial filing for bankruptcy protection, Transportation Technologies Inc, parent company of Kidron, Hackney Brothers, and...
International makes Dale Jarrett spokesman
International Truck and Engine Corp. has named veteran NASCAR driver Dale Jarrett as its official spokesman. Jarrett will become the face of International’s...
Oshkosh's 1Q sales up
Oshkosh Truck Corp. said that first quarter net income increased 4.7% to $8.6 million, or 50 cents per share, on sales of $361 million for the quarter...
Bendix makes Xvision commercially available
In a long-awaited move, Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems has officially made its Xvision infra-red night vision system commercially available to the...
Goodyear to replace 200,000 tires
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. plans to voluntarily replace about 200,000 light-truck tires that it says have been linked to 11 deaths in accidents involving...
Cummins unveils QuickCheck II
Cummins has unveiled the QuickCheck II system for Palm or HandEra handheld devices. QuickCheck II is designed to read and capture engine, transmission...
U.S. car, truck dealers upbeat on economic outlook
U.S. automakers and auto parts suppliers may be struggling for profits and squeezed by falling sales, but the people who sell cars and trucks are feeling...
ACT Research to provide quarterly trailer statistics
ACT Research LLC, a specialist in commercial vehicle statistics, analysis and forecasting, has announced that it will make public a summary of trailer...
Trailer shipments drop 48% from 2000
Shipments of complete trailers started slowly in 2001 and then bogged down, according to quarterly figures compiled by ACT Research LLC. ACT reports the...
Trailer shipments fall 48% from 2000
Shipments of complete trailers started slowly in 2001 and then bogged down, according to quarterly figures compiled by ACT Research LLC. ACT reports the...
ACT Research to provide quarterly trailer statistics
ACT Research LLC, a specialist in commercial vehicle statistics, analysis, and forecasting, has announced that it will make public a summary of trailer...
