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When, while the lovely valley teems with vapour around me, and the meridian sun strikes the upper surface of the impenetrable foliage of my trees.
The excitement was palpable at the Mercedes-Benz bus assembly plant in East London, as the final 2010 World Cup bus chassis rolled off the assembly line in late March. VIC OLIVER attended the event.
The general perception is that South Africaโs bus market is something of a disaster area. Annual sales peaked at 1 816 units in 1982, then dropped to just a few hundred units per annum during the early 1990s and have only shown significant signs of recovery in the run-up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. FRANK BEETON takes a look at the market down-under by comparison. .
Thereโs a new truck company rising in the east. Itโs called UD Trucks and it obviously has designs on the Asian commercial vehicle market. However, itโs also eyeing the South African truck market. In fact (gasp), itโs even muttering about being number one in this country. Is this a completely ridiculous notion? CHARLEEN CLARKE has a heart-to-heart chat with Claes Svedberg, senior vice president โ overseas division โ at UD Trucks Corporation, and Johan Richards, chief executive of Nissan Diesel [โฆ]
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