Iveco triples UK truck sales

Iveco has more than tripled its UK truck sales in the past few years, making it the manufacturer’s fastestgrowing market.

“Between 2017 and 2019 we sold circa 1,500 trucks at 7.5 tonnes and above a year, whereas now we are looking at a broad run rate of 5,000 trucks,” said Gareth Lumsdaine, business line director of trucks.

“Over the past couple of years, we have experienced a period of rapid growth.”

Lumsdaine said this growth gave the factory the confidence to increase the production of right-hand-

MAN in the UK

MAN used its first visit to RTX to highlight its entire range of commercial vehicles, which go from just 3-tonne GVW up to 250 tonnes.

drive trucks, giving the UK a disproportionately large amount of its production

To emphasise its presence on the UK market, the centrepiece of its stand was its 150,000th vehicle to be sold and delivered here, a specially liveried TGX 26.510 6x2/2 bought by Templeman Retailing & capacity. As a result, Iveco has reduced its average UK lead times from a high of 18 months to just six months. Iveco has also focused on specific product lines, such as its 8-wheeled tippers. Having persuaded the factory to commit a significant number of build slots for X-WAY 8x4 chassis, Iveco then partnered with bodybuilder Thompsons to produce a ready-to-go tipper (pictured). At the same time, it has worked with its dealers to train rigid specialists at some branches. “We have an excellent product and if we can get people into it, we know it sells,” said Lumsdaine.

Vending of Gateshead. MAN was keen to highlight the high level of interest in its OptiView mirror replacement system, which, with a typical price of £1,500, features in 20% of vehicle sales and rising.

Big Motoring gets bigger

Used car retailer Big Motoring World provided live valuations of customer vehicles at Road Transport Expo.

The rapidly expanding car dealer operates out of six sales sites and offers home valuation and free car collection with a guaranteed price claimed to be above competitors’ offers.

Started in 2021, bigwantsyourcar.com aims to buy and sell 1,000 vehicles per month and has a fleet of 34 vehicles to value and collect customer vehicles, as well as a rolling stock of more than 6,500 cars available to purchase.

Bradshaw Electric Vehicles was at the forefront of Road Transport Expo, providing its Club Car Tempos and Carryalls to transport visitors around the showground.

It also exhibited its G2 and G4 Goupil utility vehicles, which can be fitted with lead acid or lithium batteries and tailored to customers’ requirements, including options such as pick-ups, cage tippers and van bodies.

This is further complemented through a new relationship with vehicle conversion and racking specialist Bott.

Bradshaw marketing manager Ramsy Labassi said: “It was fantastic to see our Club Car Tempos