"What we're doing is preserving the rural character, meaning lands stay as forested lands, preserving the forest-based economy of logging, trucking, value-added manufacturing, like flooring, furniture and molding," Selzer said.
It also could not account for 6 of 18 garbage trucks valued at $700,000.
Cost controls partially offset reduced sales in a weak economy, higher insurance costs and declining used-truck values.
Leclair said 85.0% of the $2.1 billion credit charge was related to a decline in SUV and truck resale values.
The high Truck Factor values found in this investigation could be used to explain the current critical condition of Colombian road infrastructure.
Restoring this progressive tax back to the level that it stood at for 50 years -- equal to 2% of a car or truck's values -- would raise more than $5 billion a year.
Then when the 2007s come out, GM will put the new trucks on its "Value Pricing," which means lower sticker prices but fewer rebates and incentives.
Each truck earned a value for overall front, side and rear ratings, with more points awarded for better results ("good" received 4 points, "acceptable" received 3 points, etc)., for a maximum possible total of 12 points.
A second, primarily commercial border crossing operates in the Otay Mesa area; it is the largest commercial crossing on the California-Baja California border and handles the third-highest volume of trucks and dollar value of trade among all United States-Mexico land crossings.
Agents counted 500 T-shirts stored in the truck, at a retail value of at least $10,000.
"Toyota has done well primarily with their trucks, which are holding value quite well," said Eric Ibara, director of residual consulting at Kelley Blue Book, in a telephone interview.
