Datamonitor's Trucks in Italy industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the Trucks industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, plus textual analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, demographic information, and descriptions of the leading companies.

Scope

* Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and segmentation

* Provides textual analysis of the industry's prospects, competitive landscape and leading companies

* Includes a five-year forecast of the industry

* Supported by the key macroeconomic and demographic data affecting the market

Highlights

* Detailed information is included on market size, measured by both value and volume

* Market shares are covered by manufacturer and/or brand

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Market Definition - The trucks market is composed of the light trucks market and the medium and heavy trucks market.

The market for light trucks is composed of light commercial vehicles (LCVs) and light buses and coaches (LBC), of weights up to 3.5 tonnes. Pick-ups and vans are included, but SUVs and similar vehicles are excluded.

The market for medium and heavy trucks includes commercial vehicles (CVs), buses and coaches (BCs), heavy commercial vehicles (HCVs), and heavy buses and coaches (HBCs). CVs and BCs weigh 3.51 to 16 tonnes and include pick-ups, vans where they fall into this weight range. HCVs and HBCs weigh over 16 tonnes.

The market value is calculated in terms of manufacturer selling price (MSP), and excludes all taxes and levies. Any currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant 2005 annual average exchange rates.

For the purposes of this report, Europe comprises Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden, and the UK.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3
CHAPTER 1 Market Overview 7
1.1 Market Definition 7
1.2 Research Highlights 7
1.3 Market Analysis 8
CHAPTER 2 Market Value 9
CHAPTER 3 Market Volume 10
CHAPTER 4 Market Segmentation I 11
CHAPTER 5 Market Segmentation II 12
CHAPTER 6 Market Share 13
CHAPTER 7 Competitive Landscape 14
CHAPTER 8 Leading Companies 15
8.1 Iveco N.V. 15
8.2 PSA Peugeot Citroen S.A. 15
8.3 Renault S.A. 15
8.4 Ford Motor Company 16
CHAPTER 9 Market Forecasts 17
9.1 Market Value Forecast 17
9.2 Market Volume Forecast 18
CHAPTER 10 Macroeconomic Indicators 19
CHAPTER 11 Further Reading 21
11.1 Sources 21
11.2 Related Datamonitor Research 21

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Italy Trucks Market Value: $ billion, 2001-2005 9
Table 2: Italy Trucks Market Volume: Units thousand, 2001-2005 10
Table 3: Italy Trucks Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2005 11
Table 4: Italy Trucks Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2005 12
Table 5: Italy Trucks Market Share: % Share, by Volume, 2005 13
Table 6: Italy Trucks Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2005-2010 17
Table 7: Italy Trucks Market Volume Forecast: Units thousand, 2005-2010 18
Table 8: Italy Size of Population (million) , 2001-2005 19
Table 9: Italy GDP (1995=100), 2001-2005 19
Table 10: Italy Inflation, 2001-2005 19
Table 11: Italy Exchange Rate, 2001 20