Australia October truck sales trend up

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Prime Mover Magazine  /  November 8, 2016

Sales of new cab-chassis and prime movers during October showed an increase of 204 units over same month in 2015, according to new data compiled by the Truck Industry Council (TIC). 

The latest TIC results brings the year-to-date total to 22,241 trucks, 906 units or 4.2 per cent more than for the first 10 months of 2015.

In the heavy-duty category, data showed a very slight improvement during October with 871 sales, nine units more than for the same month in 2015. The increase takes the year to date result to 7,817, which is still a negative 3.3 per cent or 264 heavy-duty trucks compared with this time last year. October sales were 35 more than for the previous month of September.

The four big heavy-duty manufacturer groups also reflected the range of results of the overall market. Year-to-date figures showed that the Paccar Group (Kenworth and DAF) was down 105 units (minus 5.4 per cent on the first 10 months of 2015), while the Volvo Group (Volvo, Mack and UD Trucks) was up 23 trucks (1.1 per cent) and Daimler (which incorporates Mercedes-Benz, Freightliner and Fuso) sales were up 104 units (10.2 per cent).

Meanwhile, the Penske Group (Western Star, MAN and Dennis Eagle) recorded total sales of 481 trucks across its three brands, down 208 units or 30.2 per cent from its 2015 statistics.