According to this from Land Line magazine, both Peterbilt and Kenworth have confirmed that they won't be at the Louisville show in March.
Whilst we don't doubt the logic behind the move; times are, after all, rather hard at present, we do rather doubt the timing. DAF decided not to exhibit at any major European trade shows some time back, and it soon became a non-story. To dip out of what is one of North America's major trade events less than two months before it is due to open suggests more a sense of panic than a reasoned 'strategic refocusing'.
This news story won't have helped either. Whilst the Nashville lockout is seven months old and must now fall into the category of continuing rather than breaking news, George Peterson's comments about profitability will have raised some pulses; PCAR hasn't had a losing quarter since 1931. On the 30th January, we'll find out if that has changed.