New commercial vehicle registrations were up in October with used registrations taking a small dip.
Total registrations of new trucks and buses over 3500kg GVM sits at 591 units for the month. This is up 11% compared to the 531 units registered in the same period last year.
A total of 5700 new trucks and buses have hit the road in the year to date compared with 5254 in the same period last year.
Isuzu is the market leader for the month with 143 units registered and a 24% market share. It saw the brand up 49% for the month compared to the same period last year where it registered 96 units.
Fiat is in second spot for the month, up 121% with 73 units registered and a 12% market share.
Hino comes in third, up 17% with 63 units registered and an 11% market share.
Fuso follows, down 44% with 52 units registered, Mercedes-Benz up 79% with 50 units, Volvo up 18.5% with 32 units, UD Trucks up 50% with 30 units, Kenworth up 40% with 28 units, Scania up 33% with 24 units and DAF down 34% with 21 units.
Meanwhile, total used imported truck and bus registrations were down 2% with 181 units registered compared to 184 in the same period last year.
This was led by Isuzu with 51 units and a 28% market share. This was up 4% compared with 49 units in the same period last year.
Toyota comes in second, down 18% with 31 units registered and a 17% market share.
Hino comes in third, down 7% with 26 units registered and a 14% market share.
This is followed by Nissan with 16 units, Mitsubishi 15 units, Mercedes-Benz nine units, Mitsubishi Fuso four units, Ford and Mazda both with three units.
