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Research and Markets: Trucks: Global Industry Almanac

DUBLIN--Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Trucks: Global Industry Almanac" report to their offering.

The Trucks: Extended Global Industry Guide is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the Trucks industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, textual analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, and profiles of the leading companies. This incisive report provides expert analysis on a global, regional and country basis.

Scope of the Report

  • Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and segmentation
  • Provides textual analysis of the industry's prospects, competitive landscape and profiles of the leading companies
  • Incorporates in-depth five forces competitive environment analysis and scorecards
  • Covers the Global, European and Asia-Pacific markets as well as individual chapters on 5 major markets (France, Germany, Japan, the UK and the US).
  • Includes a five-year forecast of the industry

Highlights

  • The global trucks market shrank by 5.5% in 2008 to reach a value of $511.8 billion.
  • In 2013, the market is forecast to have a value of $719.2 billion, an increase of 40.5% since 2008.
  • The market shrank by 6.9% in 2008 to reach a volume of 16.9 million units.
  • In 2013, the market is forecast to have a volume of 21.5 million units, an increase of 26.7% since 2008.
  • LCV dominates the market with 58.1% in value terms.
  • The Americas generate 54.3% of the markets global value.
  • The largest company in the market is General Motors with a 40.3% share in value terms.

Why you should buy this report

  • Spot future trends and developments
  • Inform your business decisions
  • Add weight to presentations and marketing materials
  • Save time carrying out entry-level research

Market Definition

The trucks market consists of the light trucks market and medium & heavy trucks market. Light trucks include all light commercial vehicles (LCVs) and light buses and coaches (LBCs) weighing up to 3.5 tonnes. This includes pick-ups and vans, but excludes sports utility and similar vehicles. Medium and heavy trucks include commercial vehicles (CVs), buses and coaches (BCs), heavy commercial vehicles (HCVs) and heavy buses and coaches (HBCs). CVs and BCs weigh 3.51 to 16 tonnes and include pick-ups, vans where they fall into this weight range. Sports utility vehicles and similar vehicles are not included. HCVs and HBCs weigh over 16 tonnes.