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Volvo Trucks focused on driving up sales locally
Volvo Trucks is expecting to continue to improve its market share after a good 2017
Volvo Trucks increased the number of vehicles it delivered across the group by 19% in 2017 at 54,951 units as the worldwide truck market continued to grow. Locally the market is not so buoyant at the moment, but even so, in its 18th year of operating in SA, the company secured a 16.25% market share with 2,074 trucks delivered. It also increased its bus deliveries marginally and its engine and power solutions division, Volvo Penta, upped its deliveries last year by 11%. Torbjorn Christensson, president of Volvo Group Southern Africa, says there is potential for the local market to see increases reflecting those of the rest of the world. "SA will also boom if the political situation is stabilised," he told a press conference. Should conditions be ideal then Christensson will be hoping to see further increases in sales. Currently it sits behind market leader Mercedes-Benz and second placed Scania but Volvo kicked off 2018 with a good January, its best month yet, in fact, delivering 188...
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