The Trucks Cartel
Over 3.5 billion euros in fines | Thousands of businesses around the world are claiming compensation | Let us help you claim yours
Requirements for participation:
- Every truck your company enrolls for in the complaint must be purchased new, or leased, in the period between 1997 and 2016.
- It doesn’t matter if the company no longer owns the truck.
- Moreover, it must be one of the following models, over 6 tons of total weight, with a minimum value (when it was new) of 35,000 EUR:
- DAF:
- Tractor: CF, XF, AE
- Rigid: LF
- Iveco:
- Tractor: Eurostar, Stralis
- Rigid: Eurocargo, Eurotrakker, Eurotech, Trakker
- MAN:
- Tractor: TGA, TGX
- Rigid: CLA, TGL, TGM, TGS, L2000, M2000, F2000
- Daimler (Mercedes):
- Tractor: Actros, Arocs
- Rigid: Atego, Axor, Econic
- Renault:
- Tractor: Magnum, Premium, T series
- Rigid: C, Kreax, Midlum, Midliner, Premium Lander, Puncher
- Scania:
- Tractor: R
- Rigid: P, G
- Volvo:
- Tractor: FH12, FH13, FH16
- Rigid: FL5, FL7, FL10, FL12, FM7, FM9, FM10, FM11, FM12, FM13, FE
- DAF:
Claim the compensation you are entitled to!
- Get refunds for trucks purchased new or leased in the period 1997-2016.
- The manufacturers formed a cartel and performed illegal price fixing for years, making trucks far more expensive (up to 22% illegal price markup) for customers.
- The producers thought they could get away with it, but they were wrong.
- DAF, Iveco, MAN, Mercedes, Renault, Scania and Volvo have all been found guilty and fined by the European Commission.
- Thousands of businesses around the world are now demanding compensation.
- Now your company can also claim compensation for being affected by the scandal.
- In addition to reclaiming the illegal price markup, you can also claim interest, from the time of purchase to the present day.
The Trucks Cartel
Enrollment for TheTrucksCartel.com’s claim against DAF, Iveco, MAN, Mercedes, Renault, Scania and Volvo.
We gather the participants, sort them into different groups and keep all participants informed throughout the process. The registration fee goes to the complaints process, marketing, administration and operations. By enrolling trucks for the group claim, it is accepted that TheTrucksCartel.com receive 30% of the compensation obtained as a success fee. Any additional payments will be deducted from this success fee.
CLICK HERE to see what must be done after signing up.
Taking legal action
If the producers do not want to come up with a solution, the court is the last instance. Since going to trial is both time-consuming and expensive – and not without risk at all – one mostly fails to take cases to court.
We think it’s wrong for truck manufacturers to get away with it, just because it’s cumbersome and risky for the customer to get them to pay a legitimate compensation. Cartel activity is illegal, and they have already been convicted by the European Commission.
Therefore, we will collect as many of those who have a claim as possible, and then in cooperation with skilled lawyers, demand back a legal compensation.
Don’t take all the risk with a trial on your own!
Winning in court
With the EU’s spotlight on them, truck manufacturers will have to comply with the regulations for the future, but what about all the companies affected by the scam?
Experience shows that only those who demand compensation end up getting it. We have the right on our side – the EU has already imposed fines of 3.5 billion euros, but we will not win if we do not address the matter.
There are ongoing legal processes in England, the Netherlands, Germany and Norway. The fact that other, large companies are ahead of us in the process is a big plus.
Do you want to join us?
Strength in numbers
Since thousands of companies of all sizes are affected by the cartel activities of truck manufacturers, we want to bring together as many people as possible in a large and actionable group, in order to achieve the best possible result for everyone.
Even if you are generally satisfied with the trade, an illegal price markup is certainly something you have to deal with.
We give disgruntled truck owners the opportunity to join a powerful group to make their claims and receive the compensation they deserve.
Yes, and of course we do the whole job.
Make sure that your company is also compensated!
Participating in The Trucks Cartel works as follows:
1
Registration
If you and your company wish to participate in the complaint, sign up now.
The registration fee is only EUR 98 per registered truck. This is next to nothing, but small streams make great rivers..
For this amount, you would probably only get a few minutes from a lawyer, and there is limited what that person could have accomplished at this time.
A minimum of 50% of the registration fee is set aside for the complaints process itself, while the rest goes to marketing, administration and operations.
We will also bring in supporters for the case, and the capital raised from them will go to the appeals process itself. We even cover the cost of rewarding the supporters.
2
Follow up
We gather the participants, sort them into different groups and keep all participants informed through regular newsletters, where we update on the progress of the work throughout the lifetime of the case.
We reserve the right to make additional payments, depending on how the case develops or what process becomes relevant. For example, it would be of great importance if we were to claim compensation for 100 or 10,000 trucks in the group complaint. Furthermore, the amount raised from the supporters will have a big impact, if there are few participants.
Experience shows that larger group complaints take around a year, from the first requests for compensation to be sent, until the case is fully clarified.
There are many advantages to standing together as a powerful group in the face of such large and resourceful counterparties. As the scam took place for a full 14 years, we should certainly be able to assemble a strong group.
3
Negotiation
We are working with lawyers, who will assist further in the process of finding a solution, if there is a need for legal clarification.
The lawyers will also assist in drawing up strategies for how the case should be resolved. Already upon registration, we set aside funds for the legal work.
All major complaints we have previously been involved in have been resolved by settlements, without expensive legal processes.
4
Result
If we win, you’ll receive 70% of the compensation. The remaining 30% goes to us and those who have helped us during the work – among them the supporters. This sharing model, in which we all win at the best possible result, ensures that we will all do our utmost to achieve the highest possible replacement.
By participating in the group, your company’s financial risk is limited to the enrollment fee.
This means that the process becomes far more affordable and contains a significantly lower risk than if you were to initiate a comprehensive complaints process on your own.
Should additional payment be applicable, this will be something you will decide on later in the process, based on the information that is then available. Our ambition is to make the process cost-saving and efficient.
Any additional payment will be deducted from our part of the compensation, so that your cost will maximum account for the registration fee, as well as 30% of the compensation.
The Trucks Cartel
Enrollment for TheTrucksCartel.com’s claim against DAF, Iveco, MAN, Mercedes, Renault, Scania and Volvo.
We gather the participants, sort them into different groups and keep all participants informed throughout the process. The registration fee goes to the complaints process, marketing, administration and operations. By enrolling trucks for the group claim, it is accepted that TheTrucksCartel.com receive 30% of the compensation obtained as a success fee. Any additional payments will be deducted from this success fee.
CLICK HERE to see what must be done after signing up.
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