Market for year to September up 10 percent compared with same time last year, with Cat performing strongly in a heavy-vehicle segment led by a consolidating Kenworth and Mercedes-Benz bursting through the 50 percent market share mark for light delivery vans
October 4, 2012
The mainly good news on truck sales continues for manufacturers, the Truck Industry Council’s Truck Market Data for September shows.
At their broadest, the year-to-date statistics for the month compared with September 2011 reveal a 10.1 percent rise to 22,212 vehicles sold.
In this comparison, second placed Hino, at 327 compared with 278 for the month, had about a 20 percent rise to 3,089 so far this year, while third-placed Fuzo, losing eight units for the comparative month to 250, was down 300 trucks to 2,075 for the year.
Leading manufacturer Isuzu also performed strongly, up about 10 percent to 5,343 and 611 from 567 for the Septembers.
The top six placings were unchanged compared with the previous year’s September, thought there was some jostling for position amongst those selling less than 100 units a month.
In the heavy-duty segment, Cat is hitting its stride, up to from 17 to 36 for the months and 77 to 246 for the year to date.
Kenworth forged further ahead, recording 213 sales for the month and up from 1,196 to 1,653 on year to date for the comparative months.
While Volvo, was down on the month from 153 to 123, it was still second and up more than 200 units to 997 for the year to date.
Western Star moved north to third, pushing sales for the month from 72 to 103 and up from the previous 646 to 739 in the year to date.
The medium-duty segment was marked by a nice month for Hino, which lifted the month’s figure to 188 from last year’s 96 and e year-to-date figure to 1,360 from the previous 1,117.
Light-duty and delivery van figures were fairly stagnant.
Most notable was the Mercedes-Benz’s consolidation at the top of vans, up from 1,286 to 1,427 for the year and lifting its market share for the year past the 50 percent mark but down for the month from 145 to 127.
