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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.
In South Africa, 2009 was undoubtedly the year of the bus. Nevertheless, although the devastating sales figures experienced by the rest of the commercial transport industry hardly touched the bus and coach sector, there are still a number of road blocks that could impact negatively on future sales. NADINE VON MOLTKE examines the state of local public transport.
The MAN lion is a familiar public transport badge in cities around the world, attesting to the solid reputation MAN has built as a leading commuter-bus manufacturer. A recent landmark deal with Metro Group’s KZT Bus Services confirms MAN’s ongoing dominance of the local market.
Scania has won a prominent position in select bus and coach markets across the globe, including South America, Europe and the Far East. The manufacturer’s phenomenal local successes are largely responsible for Southern Africa rapidly becoming another of Scania’s key markets.
I recently experienced a close encounter with a Metrobus – so close, in fact, that the rear panels of my trusty Suzuki Swift were almost completely demolished. Personal transport woes aside, however, as we gear up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup the spotlight continues to fall on public transport. While improvements to the network are to be applauded, can we afford to pay the price of fleets of buses and coaches manned largely by undisciplined drivers, asks NADINE VON […]
In our December review of prospects for the world’s major truck manufacturers, Global Focus commented on the developing joint venture between Navistar International Corporation and Caterpillar, now operational under the imaginative name of NC2 Global LLC, and the rolling out of Navistar’s own joint ventures in India and China.
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