New and used commercial registrations are both down slightly year-on-year on the back on the back of record levels.
Total registrations of new trucks and buses over 3500kg GVM sits at 601 units for September.
This is down 2% compared to the same period last year which saw 613 registrations of new commercials for the month.
A total of 4758 new trucks and buses have hit the road in the year-to-date compared to 5109 for the same period last year.
Isuzu is market leader for September with 112 units registered and an 18.6% market share. The brand was up 9.8% compared to the 102 units registered in the same period last year.
Fuso is in second spot for the month, down 35.3% with 86 units registered and a 14.3% market share.
Mercedes-Benz is third, up 54.5% with 68 units registered and a 11.3% market share.
Hino follows, down 6.7% with 56 units registered and a 9.3% market share, DAF up 73.3% (26), Fiat down 41% (23), Volvo down 8% (23), UD Trucks down 4.5% (21), Scania down 17.4% (19) and Kenworth down 21.7% (18).
Isuzu Trucks general manager Dave Ballantyne says dealers “had another very good month” for Isuzu registrations and he was “certainly pleased” to be up on August.
“Enquiry levels are still quite healthy around most of the regions, but possibly with a higher level of caution by customers when it comes to making purchasing decisions,” he says.
Total used imported truck and bus registrations were also down year-on-year, dropping 5.1% with 185 registrations in September compared to 195 in the same period last year.
Toyota lead the used commercial import market for the month with 45 units registered and a 24.3% market share. This was up 28.6% compared to the 35 units registered in the same period last year.
Hino comes second, up 13.5% with 42 units registered and a 22.7% market share.
Isuzu third, down 34.5% with 36 units registered and a 19.5% market share.
Mitsubishi follows, up 11.1% with 20 units registered, Nissan down 29.4% (12), Iveco up 1333.3% (7), Kenworth up 50% ( 3), Mazda down 40% (3), Volvo up 200% (3) and DAF down 33.3% (2).
