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MEMORANDU M SUBJECT : Incomplet e Vehicl e Sale s Dat a 

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Specia l Regulator yProject s Branc h TO : Publi c Docke t A-87-1 1 Attache d i s informatio n o n incomplet e vehicl e sale s provide d t o EP Ab yGenera l Motors , Ford , an d th e Nationa l Truc k Equipmen t Association . Thi s informatio n wa s provide d i n lat e Decembe r o f 199 3 an d earl yJanuar yo f 1994 . At t achmen t sDEC-28-199 3 10=5 3 FRO M EPP ) MOBIL E SOURCE S T O RDS D P . 0 1 P. 3


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m wa s checked agains tdat a collecte d b y th e MotorVehicl e Manufacturer s Associatio n an d th e Recreationa l Vehicl e Industr

y Association . Iruck Bod y an d ftyriptiMMtl Monutaciurer t Tw o survey s wer e distributed t o manufacturermembers of th e Nationa l Truc k Equipmen

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t survey wa s maile d i n Marc h b y me Quidnun c Corporation . A secon d shorte rsurve y wa s sen tIn Jul

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s wh o di d no trespon d to th e firstsurvey . I n total , 18 4 truc k bod y and

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s responde d t o th e surveys . Thi s represent s ove r4 0 percento

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th e NTEA . Injc k Bod y an d icMprngn t DtsMbutor s Two survey s wer e sen tto distributo rmember s of th e Nationa

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h b y th e Quidnunc Corporation . A secon d shorte rsurve y wa s sen tI

n Jul y t o al l distributor

s wh o di d notrespon d to th e firs tsurvey , i n total , 19 3 truc k bod y an d equipmen

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# Truc k Sale s
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l truc k sale s collecte d fro

m truc k manufacturers . Al l truc k manufacturer

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tcomplete information o n commercia l truc k sale s tha tha s ye tbee n collected . Th e information differs fro

m whati s publishe d b y th e Moto rVehicle Manu facturers Associatio n (MVMA ) because thes e dat

a includ e only truck sale s fo rcommercia l purposes . There fore, th e statistic s reporte d her e ar e les s tnfit n MVM A report s becaus e o f

th e significantnumbe ro

f trucks sol d fo rpersona l use . Commercia

l truck sale s i n th e three-yea rperio d (1987-1989) decline d b y 4. 5 percent . Nearly ai l o f thi s dedin e wa s experience d b y Clas s I trades , which experience d a 19. 7 percen tdeclin e i n two-whee l driv e co-nmerda l sale s an d a 5. 4 percen tdedin e i n four-whee

i driv e commercia

l sales . A mor

e positiv e performanc

e wa s note d in th e sal e o

f comrnercia

l truck s in th e heavie rweigh tclasse s wher e sale s growt h wa s experience d b y all dasse s excep tClas s V1

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l numbe ro f truck bodie s manufactured i n 199 9 wa s betwee n 450,000 an d 500,000 . Th e lowe restimate assume s tha ttruc k bodie s ar e installe d o n all trucks sol d a s a strippe d chassis , chassi s cutaway , o rchassi s cowl ; tha

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e installe d o n all chassi s ca b truck s excep tfo rthos e i n Clas s VII I (whic h ar e al l assume d t o b e lan

d trailers) ; an d tha

ttruc k bodie s and/o requip men tar e installe d o n 1 5 percen

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d 1 0 percento

f al l vans . Th e highe restimate reflect s th e in stallatio n o

f truc k bodies , som e Clas s VII

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b configurations , an

d slightl y highe rpercentage s o f van s and pickup s o n whic h truc k bodie s ar

e installed . Thes e estimate s d o no tindud e interna

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o van s includin g shelvin g system s o rtoo l boxe s ortruc

k be d liner

s installe d o n pickups .

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O Chassis Ca b Chassi s Cutawa y Strippe d Chassis Chassi s Cow l Definitio n

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M DUM P VA N (AL L TYPES) WRECKER

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### ALL CLASSE S NUMBE R PERCENTAG E B Y CLAS S CLAS S 1 

### 13 % 1J0 % 

### 0.1 % 0.3 % 0.0 % 0.4 % 3.1 % 69 2 CLASSH A 

### 42% 1.5 % 0.2 % 0.9 % 0.0 % 0.7 % 7.5 % L67 7 CLAS S JI

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### 9.4 % 4.9 % 2.7 % 1.1 % 0.7 % 13 % 20.3 % 4J50B CLAS S U l 

### 5.0 % 63 % 3.9 % 1.8 % 1.1 % 1.3 % 19.4 % 4,30 8 CLAS S ( V 

### 1.2 % 2.8 % 1.5 % 1.2 % 0.3 % 0.3 % 7.4 % 1,63 5 CLAS S V 

### 0.3 % 2.0 % 1.1 % 1.4% 0.1 % 0.3 % 5.2 % 1,144 CLAS S V I Q.8 % 

### 3.6 % 2.9 % 3.7 % 0.1 % 0.9 % 120 % 2,66 0 CLAS S V U 

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### 0.2 % 1.8 % 13.9 % 3^7 8 C-ASSV1 1 

### 0.2 % 1.4 % 6.8 % 0.7 % 0.1 % 2.1 % 113 % 2,51 1 TOTA L 

### 243 % 263 % 233 % 14.2 % 23 % 9.0 % 100 %

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NUMBE R 

### 5,43 6 5,88 7 5,17 2 3,15 0 57 2 1,996

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