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DRAMA ABOUNDS IN LIGHTER END OF NOVEMBER TRUCK SALES

Where will the first commercial vehicles market year of the 2020s sit, given the decade previous? We will know for sure next month but there is a good chance it will be marvelled at as an exercise in resilience.

Sales in the 11th calendar month are at 3,174 for a year-to-date (YTD) figure of 30,998, according to Truck Industry Council (TIC) T-Mark figures.

The market has been tracking somewhere between the mid-decade doldrums of 2016 and

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