kscarbel2 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Roger Gilroy, Transport Topics / December 11, 2019 U.S. Class 8 retail sales in November fell 12.9% year-over-year, landing at the lowest point in almost two years, WardsAuto.com reported. Sales were 18,545 compared with 21,302 a year earlier. It was the lowest volume since February 2018, when sales hit 16,687. Only Paccar’s two brands gained ground last month; all other manufacturers posted declines in sales compared with the 2018 period. For the first 11 months, sales hit 253,266, climbing 12.8% higher than the 224,508 in the 2018 period. Daimler’s Freightliner brand remained the market leader, selling 7,046 trucks, but sales were down 16.4% compared with a year earlier. Freightliner earned a 38% market share. Daimler’s Western Star brand sold 493 trucks, down 3.3% from a year earlier. It had a 2.7% share — giving DTNA a total market share of 40.7%. The two Paccar brands, Kenworth and Peterbilt, combined for sales of 7,014, or about 500 behind DTNA. Kenworth sold 3,508 trucks, a 10.1% improvement over the 2018 period and good enough to earn an 18.9% market share. Peterbilt sold 3,506, up 5.1% from the 2018 period. It also earned an 18.9% market share. [37.8% market share for Paccar] International saw sales drop 42% to 1,273 in the month, which is the beginning of Navistar’s fiscal year. International posted a 6.9% share. Volvo Group’s Mack brand saw sales fall 18.3% compared with a year earlier to 1,185, good for a 6.4% share. Volvo posted sales of 1,528, down 30.5% from a year earlier. It earned an 8.2% share. The November totals also included Class 8 sales by Hino Motors Manufacturing U.S.A. of 2 trucks, giving it 8 sales for the year. Hino is relatively new to the Class 8 market. Ward’s also reported combined sales in Class 4 through Class 7 dropped 7.4% in November to 16,753 compared with 18,101 a year earlier. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/60154-november-class-8-sales-skid-to-lowest-point-in-almost-two-years/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
TS7 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 If some BMT members went over to Watts Mack and? Mack might have out sold Navistar last month. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/60154-november-class-8-sales-skid-to-lowest-point-in-almost-two-years/#findComment-437872 Share on other sites More sharing options...
james j neiweem Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 cPaccar is still in attack mode. KW and Pete are neck and neck. Interesting. Mack is up from 5 % to 6.4% market share probably due to the Navistar dive. Navistar is ready for a VW fire sale. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/60154-november-class-8-sales-skid-to-lowest-point-in-almost-two-years/#findComment-437968 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted December 13, 2019 Author Share Posted December 13, 2019 3 hours ago, james j neiweem said: cPaccar is still in attack mode. KW and Pete are neck and neck. Interesting. Mack is up from 5 % to 6.4% market share probably due to the Navistar dive. Navistar is ready for a VW fire sale. And yet, NAV stock has not fallen. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/60154-november-class-8-sales-skid-to-lowest-point-in-almost-two-years/#findComment-437976 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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