Truck sales up in late months of 2017

Class 8 sales went up 25 percent to 17,488 units compared with 13,941 in 2016.

Source Amy Alexander, WardsAuto

Jan. 4, 2018

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U.S. truck sales are up 19 percent in November with 35,332 deliveries. This is the best November since 2006 when sales totaled 41,689, according to a WardsAuto report. Year-to-date sales of medium- and heavy-duty trucks in the U.S. ended November nearly 2 percent above last year at 371,508.

Class 7-8

Class 8 sales went up 25 percent to 17,488 units compared with 13,941 in 2016. Kenworth, Peterbilt and International all saw a jump in sales above 30 percent, while Western Star and Volvo sales dipped. Freightliner and Mack Trucks boosted those low sales with their numbers, though, leaving Daimler ahead 16 percent and Volvo up 7 percent.

Class 7 sales grew 24 percent by nearly all truck makers in the segment. Freightliner has a 22 percent boost in sales and 54 percent market share. PACCAR’s Kenworth and Peterbilt posted gains of 32 percent and 56 percent, respectively.

Classes 4-6

U.S. medium-duty trucks rose 13 percent with gains in all classes, to 17,844 deliveries compared with year-ago's 15,811, WardsAuto reports. Year-to-date sales totaled 201,611, nearly 8 percent ahead of year-ago’s 187,598.

Class 6 rose 15 percent on mixed results. Freightliner was up 113 percent, and Hino grew by 11 percent. Ford was down 40 percent in this segment, as well as International, which fell 3 percent.

The Class 5 segment totaled 6,035, a 2 percent gain. Mitsubishi rose 400 percent, the largest gain in the group. On the other hand, International dropped 96 percent, from 25 units last November to only one this past month.

Triple-digit gains were seen by Daimler, Ford, GM domestics and imports in the Class 4 market. Deliveries through November totaled 16,362, compared with year-ago’s 12,445.