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New and used commercials down in July

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New and used commercial vehicle registrations are both down in July compared to the same period last year.

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Total registrations of new trucks and buses over 3500kg GVM sits at 440 units for July. This is down 17.6% compared to the same period the year prior which saw 534 registrations of new commercials for the month.

Total registrations of used trucks and buses over 3500kg GVM sits at 222 units for July. This is down 9.4% compared to the same period the year prior which saw 245 units registered.

The July slump followed a bounce back in the previous month of June where new commercials were only down 3.3% year-on-year while used commercials were up 3.1%.

Isuzu is market leader for new commercials in July with 104 units registered and a 23.8% market share. It was down 3.7% compared to the 108 units registered in the same period the year prior.

Hino is second, up 1.9% with 55 new units registered and a 12.6% market share.

Fuso is third, down 30% with 49 new units registered and an 11.2% market share.

Scania follows, up 81% with 38 units registered, Iveco down 10% (27), DAF down 7.4% (25), Fiat down 25% (21), Mercedes-Benz down 67.9% (18), Foton up 200% (15), and Volvo down 43.5% (13).

Toyota is market leader for used commercial brands in July with 48 registered units and a 21.6% market share. This was down 36% compared to the same period a year prior which saw 75 registered units for the brand.

Hino and Isuzu brands share second spot for the month, each with 35 registered units and a 15.8% market share.

Hino is down 12.5% year-on-year while Isuzu is down 14.6%.

Nissan is third, up 18.2% with 26 registered units and a 11.7% market share.

Mitsubishi follows, up 47.1% with 25 units, Mazda up 114.3% (15), Volvo up 250% (7), DAF unchanged (4), Daihatsu up 300% (4) and Fiat down 20% (4).

 

 

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