Same again in September
NEW ZEALAND’S NEW TRUCK MARKET continued to be strong in September – staying ahead of last year’s sales. e month saw 514 registrations of heavy trucks above 4.5 tonnes GVM, compared to 476 in September 2018.
at carried the year-to-date total sales at the end of September to 4086, compared to last year’s 3965.
e trailer market’s 129 registrations for the month was on par with last year, but the 1164 YTD total after the rst nine months lagged a long way behind the 1312 regos at the same point in 2018.
In the overall heavy truck market (above 4.5t GVM), Isuzu extended its lead, with 111 September registrations pushing its YTD total out to 920, well ahead of secondplaced FUSO (646/83), with Hino (545/56) third.
Mercedes-Benz had a strong month with 59 registrations, taking its 2019 total to 305, for fourth place – ahead of Volvo (240/23), Kenworth (222/18), Iveco (210/32), DAF (201/28), UD (194/21) and Scania (167/35)….the YTD places of the top 13 unchanged from last month.
In the 3.5-4.5t GVM crossover segment, Fiat increased its YTD total to 183, with 25 for the month. MercedesBenz (58/6) was next, way ahead of Ford (24/1) and Chevrolet (24/3), tied for third.
In the 4.5-7.5t GVM division, the top six held their places, with FUSO (285/41), further edging ahead of Isuzu (247/33), Mercedes-Benz (159/35), Iveco (116/14) and Hino (96/7).
In the 7.5-15t GVM segment, Isuzu (385/50) extended its dominant lead, while Hino (181/20) retained second over FUSO (168/24). e rest of the top 10 was unchanged,