New and used commercial vehicle registrations were near unchanged in April compared to the same period last year as the overall truck market continues a steady-as-she-goes approach.
Total registrations of new trucks and buses over 3500kg GVM sits at 466 units for the month.
This is down by one unit compared to the 467 units registered in the same period last year.
A total of 2042 new trucks and buses have hit the road in the year to date compared to 1897 for the same period last year.
Isuzu is market leader for the month of April with 103 units registered and a 22.1% market share. The brand was up 35.5% year-on-year compared to the 76 units registered in the same period last year.
Hino is in second spot for the month, up 14.8% with 62 units registered and a 13.3% market share.
Fuso comes in third, up 23.4% with 58 units registered and a 12.4% market share.
Mercedes-Benz follows, up 26.1% with 29 units registered, UD Trucks up 58.8% (27), Iveco down 4% (24), Kenworth down 17.9% (23), Volvo down 23.3% (23), Fiat down 29% (22) and DAF down 5.6% (17).
Meanwhile, total used imported truck and bus registrations were up by one unit year-on-year with 168 units registered in March compared to 167 units registered in the same period last year.
Toyota lead the used commercial import market for the month with 37 units registered and a 22% market share. This was up 2.8% compared to the 36 units in the same period last year.
Hino comes in second, up 13.3% with 34 registered and a 20.2% market share.
Isuzu third, down 27.3% with 32 registered and a 19% market share.
Mitsubishi follows, up 72.7% (19 units), Nissan up 35.7% (19), Mazda up 150% (5), Fiat up 300% (4), Ford up 300% (4), UD Trucks up 300% (4) and Mercedes-Benz up 50% (3).
