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COMMERCIAL VEHICLE production in West Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Canada and Japan during 1984 is set to exceed production in the previous record year of 1979, according to the International Automotive Review (IAR).
nine The survey says that during 1984 total vehicle output in the major vehicle producing IVECO UK has made South East Lincs Engineering, part of the Elbar Industrial Group, the official remanufacturer of its diesel and petrol engines in Britain. The company, which already does similar work on Ford's York and Dorset engines, is a subsidiary of Elbar Industrial. countries it reviews will reach 35.8m units, up 1.4 per cent on 1979.
However, the IAR says that the UK, USA and France will not enjoy these increases and points out that the UK will be 15.8 per cent off the 1979 production levels by 1985.
UK commercial vehicle production will reach 260,000 units during 1984 rising to 275,000 in 1985. Production in 1979 was at 408,000 units, the survey states.
Japanese production for 1984 is set at 4m units and this will grow to 4.1m in 1985, it says. The total percentage change on 1979 for the nine countries examined is 6.1 per cent for 1985, compared with 1.6 per cent for 1984.