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TOPICS ADDRESSED IN AID NEWSLETTER
0912 ISSUE INCLUDE:
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WORLD -
No let-up in global truck sales slump
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Editorial
- Three cheers for Germany's demand boosting measures
- In Depth &
Other Topics:
▪ WORLD
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Volvo’s
5-months European truck deliveries down two-thirds
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WORLD
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"Slump
for all" - World truck market
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UNITED KINGDOM
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"Window shoppers"
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UKRAINE -
Ukraine tumbles back down to earth
▪ JAPAN
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"White-knuckle ride"
▪ UNITED KINGDOM
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Europeans gain ground in UK J.D Power survey
▪ STOCK
MARKET VIEW
- "Attack best form of
defence" - VW
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New Product:
"Minigolf" - VW’s new Polo
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FEATURE ARTICLE
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WORLD -
No let-up in global truck sales slump
It is safe to say that today’s global truck marketing conditions are
downright horrific |
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 BATTERED
and bruised is perhaps the most suitable description for today’s global
truck market and the all too obvious ill-effects on the industry....more
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DATA TABLES INCLUDED WITH THIS ISSUE |
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WORLD
Truck Sales
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Volvo Group world truck sales by
region May 2009
v May 2008
Volvo Group world truck sales by
region 5-Mths 2009
v 5-Mths 2008
Volvo Group world truck sales by
weight May 2009
v May 2008
Volvo Group world truck sales by
weight
5-Mths 2009
v 5-Mths 2008 |
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EUROPE
Truck Sales
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European new truck sales 16t GVW and over by
country May 2009
v May 2008
European new truck sales 16t GVW and over by
country 5-Mths 2009
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UKRAINE
Car
Sales
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Ukraine car sales by
manufacturer and marque May 2009
v May 2008
Ukraine car sales by
manufacturer and marque 5-Mths
'09
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NEW
PRODUCT |
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WESTERN EUROPE
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"Minigolf" - VW’s new Polo
Arrival of VW’s new Polo
couldn’t have been timed better |
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 Volkswagen’s
new Polo couldn’t have arrived at a more
opportune moment.
..more
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IN
DEPTH AND OTHER ARTICLES |
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WORLD
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Volvo’s 5-months European truck deliveries down two-thirds
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The outwardly
most telling signs that today’s recession-struck global truck markets have
slipped deeper into decline came from Volvo’s global truck delivery figures
for May....more
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WORLD
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"Slump
for all"
Even Middle East truckers have put away their wallets |
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 The
clinching evidence, if any were needed comes
from Volvo’s disclosure that its May truck deliveries
in Middle Eastern markets slumped by a striking 86
per cent, which makes this previously booming truck
sales region Volvo’s worst hit geographical area..
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UNITED KINGDOM
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"Window shoppers"
UK car scrappage
incentives - sales carry on falling
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The widely expected
pick-up in new car demand, directly
following the introduction of generous
£2,000 scrappage incentives during the middle
of May, has clearly failed to materialise...more
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UKRAINE
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Ukraine
tumbles back down to earth
Ukrainian high-flyer
comes back down to earth with a big bump
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 The
Grand Old Duke of York walked his 10,000 men to
the top of the hill and then walked them down
again. That nursery rhyme suddenly appears all
too reminiscent of the Ukrainian new car market.
..more
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JAPAN
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"White-knuckle ride"
Toyota’s domestic May
vehicle production slumps 42.1% |
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Leading
Japanese carmaker Toyota drew renewed attention to today’s seemingly
unrelenting global economic woes last month by chopping its May car
production at already grossly underworked domestic plants by yet another
42.1 per cent....more
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UNITED
KINGDOM
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Europeans gain ground in UK J.D Power survey
Japanese still JD Power
winners, but Audi, Mercedes challenging |
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 If
there was total predictability about Lexus being voted for the ninth year
running the top nameplate in the UK’s most public and influential car
quality audit, the JD Power Vehicle Ownership Satisfaction Survey, there
are also discernible signs that the Japanese may not be guaranteed to have
things all their own way indefinitely.
...more
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STOCK
MARKET VIEW
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"Attack best form of defence" - VW
Volkswagen’s market share
drive beginning to hurt rivals |
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VW market share
drive causing pain elsewhere - Yet tipped to remain in the black this year -
VW is trying to gain market share aggressively - It hurts profits but also
significantly further weakens less financially solid competitors
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