GITI Tyres Big Test
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GITI Tyres Big Test; Curtain Call

Major change is underway in Japanese truck manufacturing, and the early signs are just becoming apparent here in New Zealand.

Until recently Japan had four truck manufacturers. And it still has four brands, but at the deeper levels of future product development and manufacturing it’s become a two-horse race.

Isuzu and UD are joined in one camp while Fuso and Hino now exist under the new Archion Corporation banner in an alliance that brings together the might of Daimler Truck and Toyota Motor ...

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