MACK’S TERRAPRO CABOVER

New low-cabover truck is aimed at refuse, concrete, other vocational jobs.

TRUCK TIRE SAFETY TIPS

Properly maintaining your truck tires can improve safety and save money - from Michelin

Dodge unveils vanguard of commercial vans

TORONTO -- Dodge has lifted the curtains on what it says is a new standard in the full-size commercial van market with the new 2007 Dodge Sprinter.

Chrysler announces massive cuts; Exec muses corporate split

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- North America's largest car and truck maker says 13,000 Chrysler workers will lose their jobs over the next three years, including 2,000 in Canada.

GM in talks for Chrysler takeover: Reports

DETROIT -- The struggling North American vehicle division of DaimlerChrysler AG could be bought by a rival Big Three carmaker, a source close to the situation told media recently.

Volvo pitches $1B for Nissan Diesel

STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- AB Volvo has made a move to acquire the balance of Japan's Nissan Diesel in an attempt to deepen its footprint in the Asian market.

Bendix Spicer shuffles S-Cam, air disc production

ELYRIA, Ohio -- Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake says it will begin operation of a new foundation brake production facility slated for fourth quarter 2007. The location of the new facility will be announced later.

Alta dealer named 2006 Kenworth Dealer of Year

KIRKLAND, Wash. -- Edmonton Kenworth is the best truck dealer in North America, according to the truckmaker.

’07-compliant trucks still not flooding lots, expert says

NEW YORK -- It still may be a couple months before most North American dealers begin stocking up on trucks with new '07-compliant engines, according to the transportation experts at market analyst firm Bear Stearns.

Navistar suspends production of Ford diesel engine

WARRENVILE, Ill. -- Navistar International says it's halting production of the Power Stroke diesel engine that it builds for Ford Motors F-Series pickups because the carmaker has "stopped honoring the terms of agreement under which the engines were built."

BC Inland Kenworth’s Chiarizia to head dealer council

KIRKLAND, Wash. -- Kenworth Truck Co. has named its 2007 Kenworth Service Council, which includes a Canadian chairman.

Delphi creates groundbreaking SCR technology

LUXEMBOURG -- The world's first automotive ammonia sensor has been developed by Delphi Corp. The new technology will allow direct closed-loop control of the SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) systems used by an increasing number of diesel vehicles to reduce NOx.

REEFER DATA LOGGING

Carrier Transicold offers Sensitech temperature monitors.

BOSCH ALTERNATORS

Comprehensive catalog on universal alternators for medium- and heavy-duty trucks.

BRAKE PARTS CATALOG

'Formula Blue' hydraulic brake parts from Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake