"Its main forte is the municipal
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market" John Watts John Watts, senior editor for CAP's Commercial Vehicle Monitor, says: "Seddon Atkinson is one of the smaller players in the multi-wheel market. It uses a proprietary driveline and relies heavily on other limo components. Its main forte is in the municipal market but with a small dealer network it suffers an image problem In the 8x4 used truck marketplace. As a result prices are significantly lower than other comparable eight-wheelers. The average trade value for a four-year-old 1998 8registered 32.340 is £17,650, with a resale value of £22,000. The book shows that the equivalent ERF [C1134 fetches about £4,000 more while the average trade value for a similar Foden Alpha eight-wheeler is even higher at £22,250, with a resale value of £27,250."