Arrivals of new and used light commercials and heavy trucks were significantly greater in September 2016 than the previous corresponding period.
New light commercial vehicle (under 3500kg GVM) arrivals of 2821 units for September 2016 beat the tally of 2100 units in the previous corresponding period, and heavy truck (over 3500kg GVM) arrivals of 318 units also beat last year’s tally of 244 units.
Used light commercial vehicles (under 3500kg GVM) improved from 339 units arriving in September 2015 to 604 units this year, while used heavy truck arrivals (over 3500kg) also improved from 77 units in September 2015 to 82 units last month.
New and used passenger vehicle arrivals were also stronger in September 2016 as opposed to the previous corresponding period.
There were 11,942 used passenger car arrivals in September 2016 as opposed to 8683 units in September 2015, while new car arrivals jumped from 8352 units in September 2015 to 10,291 units last month.
