Caution and vigilance essential in the global truck market of 2017

That 2016 was the year of the outlier is something of an understatement. This is a broad assertion that spawns a number of disparate observations. From a societal perspective, 2016 was a year of historical – and in many ways – worrying change. From an economic perspective, it was one that caused questions of a very fundamental nature to be not so much asked as shouted by electorates on two continents. From an intellectual perspective it was a fascinating year; from a practical perspective, it was rather more troubling.