Monday, Oct 27, 2008
as it took orders for just 115 new lorries in the last three months.
thisismoney: Volvo truck sales plunge 99.7%
The depth of the recession was revealed today as truckmaker Volvo admitted demand across the Continent has crashed by 99.7% as it took orders for just 115 new lorries in the last three months.
That compares to orders totalling 41,970 in the third quarter of 2007. Global orders for Volvo slumped 55% in the last three months while Scania, of which Volvo has majority control, said its western Europe truck orders collapsed by 69%
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1. V Stor said...
And were only at the start of a major recession.. I wonder if they start giving incentives soon, like free diesel for life.
2. enuii said...
41970 to 115 is not a recession, it's an economic catastrophe.
3. denzil said...
If that statistic is true then that is utterly staggering. I somehow think that 41970 to 115 is a case of somebody really getting the stats wrong. Surely it has to be wrong, no? If it had dropped to 10500 that would have been a hefty fall but 115.
4. Optobear said...
Article is extremely misleading, it quotes Volvo's trading release out of context, and no other publications had the story the same way. Look on google news under "volvo trucks" to get a fairer picture. The net orders were 115, because lots of previous orders were cancelled. Still a big problem, but not true that orders were only 115, imagine more like 1115 orders, but 1000 cancellations. Worth also bearing in mind that the truck industry has been having long lead times due to recent expansion, so doesn't imply that Volvo will immediately have factory closures.
5. Ianbe said...
I find that statistic unbelievable. If it turns out to be true then this isn't any ordinary recession we're just entered.
6. malct said...
exponential collapse? even
here it is on a Swedish website - same problems with Scania
http://www.thelocal.se/15204/20081024/
7. enuii said...
Yep, the figures check out on the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes and others with the earliest reports dated the 24th October with Volvo Trucks cutting 1500 jobs across europe.
8. Chrisbarber said...
I lived in Greensboro NC, where Volvo has it's US truck headquarters, I know a bunch of blokes that work there ( quality Brits escaping the low engineers pay of Britain) . The numbers are very very bad but a little misleading because many trucks were bought earlier to beat expensive emission requirements.....still very bad!
9. Fluid Shooter said...
Out of the 41,970 units, how many of these where shipped to Afghanistan and Iraq? i.e. not normal business, and is this number seperate from Renault & Mac their other "partners"?
10. last_days_of_disco said...
This is a staggering, figure. This is like, will the last person out please switch off the lights. That company is dead dead dead. How do you recover from something like that. Its just way too abrupt, you are insolvent before your reporting can even tell you that is the case.
11. planning4acrash said...
Effectively, the are bankrupt. That they are still a going concern, suggests nationalization. Terrible news. Hopefully the Swedish Government can bail out the industry and that a bailout of the productive economy will see a turn in the tide against banker bailouts.
12. Жоржун said...
Truck companies don't make money on retail sales, directly. Sales are tied up with credit-lending. The profits come from the so-called 'after market' in servicing and parts. Since the bottom has dropped out of the credit boom, these figures are not quite so astonishing.
13. Jayk said...
Haven't I read this story before? Oh, that's right. Already posted and debated.
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