MAN

MAN builds heavy trucks for hauliers, construction fleets, and public buyers. A new tractor unit is a six-figure purchase, and the gross list price is the published starting number a fleet negotiates down from. This profile is that German truck brand.

The Commission found the truck makers coordinated those list prices and the surcharges they added when emission rules forced new equipment onto the vehicle. A surcharge coordinated among rivals is still a price agreement. The library records MAN among the manufacturers in the fined trucks matter.

MAN's cooperation is part of the public story of the settlement. Scania stayed out and was fined on its own later. This profile does not state a euro figure that belongs to MAN alone. The about €3.8 billion figure is the cartel total.

Gross list prices anchor lease quotes, residual values, and the discount a fleet thinks it has won.

Emission surcharges were a second coordinated number, tied to the cost of meeting pollution rules.

The settlement story includes MAN's cooperation. Individual fine arithmetic is left out of this profile.

A fleet buyer who haggles still starts from a list price. If rivals moved that list together, the haggle starts in the wrong place.

Road-freight rates carry the truck's cost into groceries, parcels, and building materials.