While there may be a few distributors or service providers out there who also flip trucks, on the dealer side, that’s the crux of almost everyone’s business.
And that means when news breaks that could impact the production and price Class 8 trucks, dealers eagerly devour the information.
Such was the case in June, when the EPA and U.S. Department of Transportation released Phase II of their Green- house Gas Emission Standards and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles.
I’m not going to dive deep into the specifics of the Phase II regulations— regular Truck Parts & Service editorial readers will know Jason Cannon did that a month ago — but I will tell you this, the NHTSA expects the new standards to raise the price of new Class 8 trucks by $10,000 to $12,000.
Your dealer counterparts are not thrilled about that.
In a prepared statement released just days after the EPA/DOT Phase II regulations hit the newswire, the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA)
and American Truck Dealers (ATD) responded by voicing several legitimate concerns.
