New and used commercial vehicle registrations were down in May but showed some recovery from the month before with businesses heavily impacted by the COVID-19 level 4 alert.
Total registrations of new trucks and buses over 3500kg GVM sits at 447 units for May. This is down 23.5% compared to the same period the year prior which saw 584 registrations of new commercials for the month.
A total of 1793 new trucks and buses have hit the road in the year-to-date compared to 2626 for the same period the previous year.
Isuzu is market leaders for May with 71 units registered and a 15.9% market share. It was down 44.5% compared to the 128 units registered in the same period the year prior.
Hino is in second spot for the month, down 18.8% with 65 units registered and a 14.5% market share.
Fuso is third, down 41.3% with 47 units registered and a 10.5% market share.
Fiat follows, up 56.5% with 36 units registered, Mercedes-Benz down 20.9% with 34 units, Scania up 88.9% (34), Volvo up 63.2% (31), Iveco up 36.4% (30), UD Trucks down 25% (18) and Kenworth down 31.8% (15).
MTD trucks general manager Clive Jones says May was a solid month for Volvo truck and bus registrations.
“Since level 2, our quotation demand has rebounded to almost the same level year-to-date as last year so that is very positive for us,” he says.
Volvo led registrations the month prior with trucks ready to go just before the lockdown and delivered in the last days of April.
Jones says closure of Volvo Group Australia’s Wacol, Queensland manufacturing plant in response to COVID-19 from April 13 to May 10 had no negative impact on the local supply chain.
“The Wacol closure worked well for us as it prevented a massive backlog of trucks arriving while New Zealand was locked down. Those have now arrived and we have resumed deliveries,” he says.
Total registrations of used trucks and buses over 3500kg GVM sits at 156 units for May. This is down 18.8% compared to the 192 registrations for the same period the year prior.
A total of 603 used trucks and buses have hit the road in the year-to-date compared to 940 for the same period last year.
Toyota is market leader for used trucks in May with 39 units registered and a 25% market share. It was down 4.9% compared to the 41 units registered in the same period last year.
Isuzu is second, down 23.4% with 36 units registered and a 23.1% market share.
Hino is third, down 18.4% with 31 units registered and a 19.9% market share.
Mitsubishi follows, down 42.1% with 11 units registered, Nissan down 43.8% (9), Mazda up with five units, Fiat up with two units, Ford up with three units, Iveco up with three units and Factory Built up with two units.
