Light-duty trucks (3500 to 9000kg GVM) continue to be the largest number of used imported heavy commercial vehicle registrations.
Light-duty used imported vehicles accounted for 97 registrations in January 2016, 14% up on the previous corresponding period’s figure of 85. Toyota led the market with 25 registrations in this category, followed by Isuzu on 22, Mitsubishi on 14, Nissan on 14, Fiat on 9 and Hino on 6.
Medium-duty (9001-to 23,000kg GVM) used imported commercial vehicles saw only four registrations in January 2016, down from 10 in the previous corresponding period.
Heavy-duty (23,001kg+ GVM) used imported commercial vehicles saw a small year-on-year increase from 6 registrations in January 2015 to 8 units last month. Freightliner leads the charge with three registrations, followed by Kenworth on two, and Grove on one!
Used imported buses (3500kg+ GVM) improved from the previous corresponding period up to 8 units from 4, with three registrations going to Toyota, two to Hino and one to Alexander Dennis, and Mitsubishi.
Registration numbers of used imported light commercial vehicles (3500kg GVM) fared better in January 2016, up 7.9% to 695 units, from 644 twelve months ago.
In the light commercial sector, Toyota lead on 338, followed by Nissan on 158, Mazda on 35, and Mitsubishi on 33.
Despite the doom and gloom in the dairy sector registrations of new tractors in January 2016 saw only a modest 2.6% decrease year-on-year with 112 units as opposed to 115 in the previous corresponding period.
John Deere saw 31 new registrations this year, three down from January 2015, Claas improved its market share for the month climbing from 7 registrations last year to 22, and New Holland saw its monthly share decline from 20 units in January 2015 to 12 last month. Kubota and Fendt also improved their market share.
Used tractor registrations saw an increase year-on-year of 18.9% with 88 registrations in January 2016 as opposed to 74 in the previous corresponding period.
Massey-Ferguson leads the used registration charge on 15 units, followed by John Deere on 11 units, New Holland on ten units and Case on seven units.
Arrivals lighter in number as usual
Arrivals of new and used heavy and light commercials across New Zealand wharves were smaller in number as expected at this time of year, but there were some noticeable declines in the new vehicle segments.
In January 2015, there were 210 new heavy truck (over 3500kg) arrivals and this year that dropped to 165 units.
There were 1810 light commercial vehicle (under 3500kg) arrivals in January 2015, and this year that number dropped to 1609 units.
Used imported vehicle entries, however, bucked the trend from January 2015.
Used light commercial (under 3500kg) arrivals in January 2016 totalled 552, up from 380 in the previous corresponding period.
Used heavy commercial vehicles (over 3500kg) arrivals were also up. There were 96 arrivals in January 2016, up from 63 units in the previous corresponding period.
