Dealer news

Renault Trucks dealer Shaw Commercials, based in Castlebar, County Mayo, has brought in a new Roger Dyson Landoll travelling-axle trailer to help reduce the time and personnel for recovery jobs. 

The founder and chairman of east Midlands-based Mercedes-Benz dealer Mertrux, Don Marshall, has passed away at the age of 72 after a long illness.

There are signs Euro-4 has had its time as the money spinner in the used truck market, with some dealers appearing to have stopped buying LEZ compliant trucks for stock. Dealers have been making some good money on Euro-4 and it has been driven by the London Low Emission Zone (LEZ) but those days appear to be over. More operators are geared up for LEZ, and despite several straw polls showing high number of non-compliant vehicles still on the road, the general feedback is that the majority of operators are ready.

News that the Retail Motor Industry (RMI) welcomes the decision by the Bank of England to keep interest rates unchanged at 0.5% makes Laurie Dealer wonder just what that means for used truck dealers offering finance to the end user.

  Laurie Dealer has just returned from the Polling Station after casting his vote. To say the decision was difficult was an understatement.

   

This week's Laurie Dealer 'used truck of the week' is a Euro-4 Iveco EuroCargo 180E25 18 tonner

Truckfest 2011 kicks off this weekend and Laurie Dealer has been checking out the exhibitor list and there is one name that jumps out - Junction 6 Commercials.

Laurie Dealer has torn himself away from the royal wedding for a few moments to report that Lancashire DAF has put 12 XF105s into Canute on trial.

Laurie Dealer has received news that Renault Truck dealer Allports Group will deliver its final 10 trucks, in a deal worth more than £1.0m with haulier CM Downton.