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NewsSeptember 20, 2013

Navistar Financial Extends $500 Million Dealer Inventory Funding Facility

Navistar Financial Corporation (NFC), an affiliate of Navistar, Inc., has signed agreements to extend its $500 million dealer inventory funding facility an additional six months.

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NewsSeptember 20, 2013

George Albright Joins Merchants Fleet Management as Asst. Director of Fleet Services

George Albright has joined Merchants Fleet Management as the assistant director of Fleet Services.

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NewsSeptember 20, 2013

PG&E Joins with EVI to Unveil Electric Hybrid Bucket Trucks

Electric Vehicles International (EVI), joined by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), unveiled the utility industry’s first electric hybrid drivetrain Class 5 trucks at the manufacturer’s facility in Stockton.

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ArticlesCover Storyby Greg BasichSeptember 19, 2013

Latest Upfits for New Cargo Vans

The commercial van marketplace’s landscape is changing rapidly with the introduction of a number of completely new van designs. Fleet upfitters are taking advantage of these new vehicles’ designs to provide a wider range of upfitting solutions that meet the diverse needs of today’s businesses.

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NewsSeptember 18, 2013

Celebrate National Tradesman Day

From New York City to Chicago, Charlotte to Boston, tradesmen are being honored across America this Friday on National Tradesmen Day.

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NewsSeptember 18, 2013

A Million and Counting: Toyota Texas Produces 1 Millionth Truck

The 2,800 team members at Toyota Texas, on the city’s South Side, celebrated the milestone of assembling the plant’s 1 millionth truck on Sept. 18 – a Sunset Bronze Mica colored, 1794 Edition Tundra.

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NewsSeptember 18, 2013

Businesses May Be Able to Expense up to $500,000 in Work Truck Purchases in 2013

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America advises that Section 179 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code (commonly referred to as IRC-179) allows businesses to expense up to $500,000 in tax year 2013 for certain capital expenditures, including commercial work trucks like the FUSO Canter FE/FG Series.

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NewsSeptember 18, 2013

GM’s Tonawanda Plant Retooled for High-Tech Engines

Some of General Motors’ advanced manufacturing techniques to produce the all-new, Gen 5 Small Block engine family are microscopic, but they have a huge impact on the 75-year-old Tonawanda Engine Plant, where about 1,500 jobs have been created and retained since 2009.

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NewsSeptember 18, 2013

Don’t Let These Three Common Mistakes Kill Your Next WT Spec

three common mistakes can jeopardize your results and lead to a work truck that just doesn’t work. Here’s some advice on how to defeat these spec’ killers and write a killer spec, instead.

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NewsSeptember 18, 2013

New Head of Engineering at Mercedes-Benz Vans

Effective Nov. 1, 2013, Jörg Zürn will become Head of Engineering at Mercedes-Benz Vans. He will succeed Dr. Sascha Paasche, who will be retiring on January 1, 2014, after 25 years of service to Daimler.

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