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BOOM TIMES FOR TRUCKS

Three months doesn’t make a year but if the results of the first quarter of 2022 are anything to go by, this will be a year that sets an entirely new bar for some Australian truck suppliers.

Despite the impacts of a pandemic and political grandstanding on a grand scale, the demand for trucks has never been so consistently strong, culminating in an exceptional first quarter result. In fact, the best first quarter result on record.

As Truck Industry Council chief executive, Tony McMullan, commented: “The first three months of 2022 have brought record new truck sales in Australia.

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