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Many of this year's entries have had engine and cab updates in the past year and with several due to introduce Euro-4 compliant engines this year the general standard in this sector should continue to rise.
Every time we turn our attention to the light truck sector the spectre of a declining market raises its head. yet the registration figures continue to defy logic. Changes to driving licence legislation going back 10 years, which meant new 7.5-tonne drivers required an LGV Cl category. should have seriously threatened the popularity of this vehicle weight as a dominant market force. However.once again. in 2005, the 7.5tonne sector alone accounted for more than 25.000 of the 3.5t plus GVW trucks registered in this country.
The sector remains popular for a number of reasons: firstly, habits are hard things to break and the buying habits of the UK truck market are cast in stronger stuff than stone; next. the 7.5-tonner offers an unrivalled combination of payload and load volume along with driveability that heavier or lighter vehicles struggle to match:and thirdly. while 7.5tonners remain free from speed limiter legislation journey times are attractive for express delivery operations:Me latter point will change from 2007, when all new commercials over 3.5-tonnes will have to be speed limited: at that stage the long-awaited slowdown in this sector may start to bite, and we'll be watching the market closely.
While 2005 has seen most of the truck makers update their heavy truck line-ups in anticipation of Euro-4.fuelled by German tax incentives for 12t-plus trucks meeting the low emission regulations, the 7.5-tonne sector has not received the same attention.All newly registered trucks will, of course, have to comply with the new rules from October this year and we're expecting a flurry of activity in the light and medium sector in the first half of the year as manufacturers unveil their Euro-4 offerings.
As with heavy trucks. it appears the manufacturers will adopt different strategies— SCR and EGR— to meet the new regulations. And you can guarantee the new vehicles will be more expensive to purchase than the Euro-3 equivalent. Buyers should take this into account when planning their acquisitions.