Cummins outsells the competition
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MORE CUMMINS-powered vehicles than any other type were registered last year ill the 29 tonne-plus sector of' the UK truck market, ;recording to figures front the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.
The American-owned engine company, with British manufacturing plants at. Daventry, Darlington and Shotts, is particularly pleased at having out-sold Volvo last year, the first time it has done so. Of the 3,193 Cumminspowered 29 tonne-plus tractive units and rigids registered in 1985, 2015, had the 1_10 10-litre engine, the remainder the 14-litre Super E Series engines.
Cummins says that revenue from its truck engine sales in the UK last year amounted to "in excess of S:21 million.
That figure is sure to he exceeded this year as production of the Cummins/Case BSeries engines, which takes Cummins into the 57 to
134kW power category for the first tune, begins at Darlington within the next three months.
Leyland is expected to take 13 Series engines as replacements for its own 98-Series units in Roadrunner six to 10tonne trucks, when its Bathgate is closed later this year.
Bedford is one of several other vehicle manufacturers which are showing interest in the B Series, and TLs with the new engines are currently undergoing fleet trials.