New truck registrations were up 22.8% year-on-year in April while used trucks were down 27.1% for the period.
Total registrations of new trucks and buses over 3500kg GVM sits at 614 units for the month compared to 500 in the same period last year.
Used trucks over 3500kg GVM saw 102 units registered in Aprilcompared to 140 in the same period last year.
Isuzu is market leader for new trucks in April with 117 units registered and 19.1% market share. This is up 28.6% compared to the same period last year which saw 91 units registered for the brand.
Fuso is second, down 28% y/y with 77 units registered and 12.5% market share.
Scania is third, up 51.4% y/y with 53 units registered and 8.6% market share.
Hino follows, down 4.2% y/y with 46 units registered; Ford up 600% (42); Mercedes-Benz up 28.6% (36); LDV up 1650% (35); Fiat up 50% (33); Iveco down 20.7% (23) and Volvo up 109.1% (23).
Meanwhile, Isuzu led the local market for used trucks in April, down 30% y/y with 28 units registered and 27.5% market share.
Toyota was second for used trucks, up 30% y/y with 26 units and 25.5% market share.
Hino was third, down 43.3% y/y with 17 units and 16.7% market share.
Mitsubishi follows, down 34.8% with 15 units registered; UD Trucks up 33.3% (4); Nissan down 62.5% (3); Chevrolet (2); Volvo (2), and Freightliner (1).
