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Volvo Trucks and Securitas launch security system aimed at lowering the risk of theft and hijacking(15/07/2008)
Truck drivers and the goods they transport live dangerously on Europe’s roads. This is shown in several recent surveys. Every year approximately 200,000 commercial vehicles are stolen, at a value of more than €7 billion (£5.6bn), as revealed in a survey carried out in 2007 on behalf of the European Parliament. At the same time, a survey by the International Road Transport Union (IRU) reveals that one in six truck drivers have been subjected to some form of attack in the past five years, with... [more]
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| Australian Car Sales Will Drop 13% in 2009, Industry Group Says (Bloomberg)Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Australian sales of cars and trucks will fall 13 percent this year as the global financial crisis erodes domestic demand for vehicles, according to an industry group. |
| US car sales hit 17-year low (Perth Now)US car sales crashed again in December as the industry posted its worst year since 1992 and the Detroit Three saw their annual share of their home market slip beneath 50 per cent for the first time. |
| US car makers sink to 16year sales low (Daily Telegraph)The US car industry had its worst year since 1992 with December sales falling by more than a third underlining the dire state of consumer confidence in the world's largest economy. |
| Car sales plunge heralding bleak 2009 (Reuters via Yahoo! News) U.S. auto sales plunged by 36 percent in December led by outsized declines at Chrysler LLC, Hyundai Motor (005380.KS) and Toyota Motor Corp(7203.T) as the battered industry closed out its weakest year since 1992 in its largest single market. |
| Car sales plunge, heralding bleak 2009 (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Major automakers reported U.S. sales in December that plunged by more than a third, closing out the weakest year for the battered industry in over a decade and a half in its largest single market. |
| Double-digit overseas car sales herald bleak 2009 (The Globe and Mail)PARIS — France and Japan posted steep falls in December car sales on Monday, adding to a swathe of depressing data from an industry bearing the brunt of wrecked consumer confidence, as analysts and a trade body forecast further pain in 2009. |
| U.S. December Auto Sales Dive 36%, Drag Industry to 16-Year Low (Bloomberg)Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. auto sales plunged 36 percent in December, dragging the industry’s volume in 2008 to a 16-year low as the recession ravaged demand. |
| Automakers fear new normal of lower sales in U.S. (International Herald Tribune)The collapse of the U.S. new-car market dragged on in December, raising questions of whether the auto industry will ever again have sales levels that it took for granted just a few years ago. |
| Car sales plunge heralding bleak 2009 (Washington Post)DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. auto sales plunged by 36 percent in December led by outsized declines at Chrysler LLC, Hyundai Motor <005380.KS> and Toyota Motor Corp<7203.T> as the battered industry closed out its weakest year since 1992 in its largest single market. |
| Remarkable Deals Offered As Car Sales Slump (CBS 2 Chicago)Last year will go down as one of the worst on record for the auto industry. Sales plunged by 2.9 million vehicles in 2008 compared to 2007. CBS 2's Vince Gerasole reports those painful numbers are hurting lots of people right here in the Chicago area. |
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