October 2020 saw Turkish light truck, bus and coach builder, Temsa Transportation Vehicles become jointly-owned by the PPF Group and long-term owner, Sabanci Holding, each holding a 50% stake.

Tolga Kaan Dogancioglu has been appointed CEO of Temsa Transportation Vehicles of Adana.

Trailer manufacturer, Montracon Ltd, has extended its machinery carrier range, introducing the MT70, which is plated for operation up to 70 tonnes and runs on four axles.

MAZ-MAN of Minsk (a joint venture between MAN Truck & Bus SE and MAZ, has unveiled a new 8x8 tractor truck, MAZ-MAN 747559.

“For the UK market as a whole, the peak year of commercial vehicles with an internal combustion engine (diesel/petrol or hybrid) was 2019!” says Alastair Hayfield, senior research director at market research firm Interact Analysis, in a recent review of the UK truck powertrain market.

Magirus GmbH of Ulm, Germany has delivered the first of four Dragon X6 fire trucks to Silvio Pettirossi Airport in the city of Asunción, Paraguay; making it the first country in South America to receive this highly specialized vehicle.

GAH has a turnover of GBP 27.5 million, a pre-tax operating income of GBP 4.7 million and is valued at GBP 33.0 million at the transaction date.

The Asda supermarket chain is currently taking delivery of 202 Volvo FH LNG tractor units in what is believed to be the single largest order ever placed in the UK for heavy trucks running on renewable fuels.

Registrations of buses and coaches 5t gvw and above on the Russian market in the first nine months of 2020 fell by 8.0% year-on-year to 9,052 vehicles, according to statistics reported by LLC Avtostat Info.

In the first nine months of 2020, Russia sold 49,562 medium and heavy-duty trucks, which was 7.6% fewer than those registered in the same period of last year, according to statistics collated by Avtostat Info.

LCVs (up to 5t gvw) in the first nine months of 2020, Avtostat Info reports the segment contracted by 8.2% to 66,906 units.

CV manufacturer, Scania AB, is investing EUR15.5m in a new battery laboratory at its research and development facilities in the grounds of its headquarters in Södertälje.