Volvo Builds for Heavy Work in New Vocational Truck Line

Volvo Trucks North America Inc. unveiled a new family of Class 8 work trucks – the heaviest class of commercial truck – that it said would be available through dealers in the United States, Canada and Mexico in late September.

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Volvo Trucks North AmericaVolvo officials said its line of VHD vocational trucks was designed from the ground up for heavy-duty applications.At a press briefing in Asheville, N.C. the company said it had spent $95 million in two years bringing the Volvo VHD series to market. These trucks will replace the company’s Autocar and WG lines.

Commercial production of the new models will begin in August at Volvo’s assembly plant in Dublin, Va. Besides the North American market, the models will also be sold in Colombia, Venezuela and other export markets.

table width=110 align=left border=0>Volvo Trucks North America is an affiliate of Sweden’s Volvo AB, one of the world’s largest producers of trucks, buses and construction equipment.

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