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IHS Markit: global commercial vehicle production to drop 22% in 2020 in wake of COVID-19

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Key regional insights on a few major markets follows: For the North American market, IHS Markit forecasts a production decline of more than 30% in Class 4-8, or about 198,000 units from previous forecasts, as the economic slump combines with rapidly ebbing replacement pressure to undermine new orders.

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Heard At The Show: Snippets from SAE 2009 World Congress

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But you won’t see the dramatic changes you see in Germany and Japan because they have their inspection regimes that drive them towards newer cars. Department of Defense and Fuel Economy. Taylor of the NADA: At a time when there is $5,000 on the hood of a car, another $2,000 is going to help. —Bill Cooke.

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