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Rising Commodity Prices Threaten to Increase Truck Prices

By Mike Antich
The high cost of raw materials, in addition to the high cost of fuel, is starting to make a financial impact on fleets by increasing costs for truck chassis, bodies, trailers, liftgates, and other upfit equipment. On July 9, Navistar announced that rising commodity costs have forced the company to increase prices of International truck models. Is this another in a series of commodity-related price increases that we will see from other OEMs, upfitters, and trailer manufacturers?

Bleak New-Vehicle Sales to Usher a Strong Used-Vehicle Market

By Mike Antich
Today's new-vehicle market will generate (ultimately) the used-vehicle market of tomorrow. If there is a decrease in new-vehicle sales, there will be a corresponding decrease in the future number of used vehicles in the marketplace. Even though there is a lot of nervousness in the market, no one is anticipating a dramatic decrease in new-vehicle commercial fleet orders for the 2009 model-year. However, the same cannot be said for the retail new-vehicle market.

A Perfect Storm Pummels Truck Resale Values

By Mike Antich

Will High Demand for 4-Cylinder Engines Increase OTD?

By Mike Antich

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Auto Fleet - October 2005

In This Issue:
Medium-Duty Truck Operating Costs were Flat in 2004 Calendar Year, Congress Shifts from Mandates to Incentives to Spur Energy Independence, Is Strategic Sourcing a Threat to a Dedicated Fleet Manager? and much more…