New Zealand’s market leader Isuzu Trucks is charging ahead with 128 new trucks* registered in March 2017.
Year-to-date Isuzu Trucks leads the over 3500kg GVM truck and bus chassis market with 295 units registered, up from 243 units in the previous corresponding period.
Fuso took second place with 102 new truck and bus chassis registered in March 2016, up from 50 units in the previous corresponding period.
Year-to-date Fuso is placing second with 232 registrations, up from 102 in the previous corresponding period.
Volvo followed in third place with 65 new vehicle registrations, up from 45 in the previous corresponding period, and fourth-placed Hino also saw improvement with 53 units for March 2017 up from 48 in the previous corresponding period.
For the month of March 2017, fifth-placed Mercedes-Benz saw its new vehicle registrations jump to 45 from 20, and Fiat followed with 34 units registered up from 13 at the same time last year.
In seventh-place on the table, Kenworth saw 27 new vehicle registrations up from 19 in the previous corresponding period; MAN followed, also with 27 new registrations up from 17 units in the previous corresponding period.
In ninth-place Iveco saw its March 2017 tally increase to 18 units registered from 15 in the previous corresponding period, while UD Trucks slipped to 18 units this year from 19 last year.
At number 11, DAF trucks saw its March 2017 registration tally increase to 17 units from 12 in the previous corresponding period.
*All totals include both 3500kg+ GVM truck and bus chassis registrations.
