North American medium duty & heavy duty Classes 5-8 net orders improved to a three-month high in September, and hit a 27-month high when seasonally adjusted. Preliminary medium duty and heavy duty net orders were 43,500 units in September, up 27% year over year. Seasonally adjusted, orders rose 8.7% month over month to 46,500 units,” […]
VIPAR Heavy Duty and Dayton Parts have announced a new multiyear agreement whereby VIPAR will offer the complete line of Dayton Parts products through VIPAR Heavy Duty and its entire family of companies. Dayton Parts is a leading manufacturer and supplier of undercarriage replacement parts to independent aftermarket distributors. Currently, the company’s product portfolio covers […]
A new research report just out on the medium duty (MD) and heavy duty (HD) vehicle markets projects dramatic shifts in market growth and composition, fueled by changes in demand fundamentals, new environmental regulations and the increased pace of technological developments. As a consequence, the authors, Commodity Inside, note that “demand for commercial vehicles will […]
