New and used commercial vehicle registrations saw a sharp decline in December with both down nearly 20% year-on-year.
Total registrations of new trucks and buses over 3500kg GVM sits at 384 units for the month.
This is down 19% compared to the 473 units in the same period the previous year.
A total of 6686 new trucks and buses hit the road in 2018 compared with 6268 in 2017.
Isuzu is market leader for the month of December with 95 units registered and a 25% market share. However the brand was down 28% year-on-year with 132 units registered in the same period in 2017.
Fiat is in second place for the month, up 84% with 46 units registered and a 21% market share.
Hino comes in third, down 30% with 37 units registered and a 10% market share.
Mercedes-Benz follows, up 26% with 34 units registered, Fuso down 67% (32 units), Iveco down 24% (22 units), UD Trucks up 11% (20 units) and DAF up 67% (10 units).
Meanwhile, total used imported truck and bus registrations were down 17% year-on-year with 161 units registered in December.
This compared to 194 units in the same period in 2017.
Isuzu lead the used commercial import market for the month with 36 units registered and a 22% market share.
This was down 10% compared to 40 units in the same period the previous year.
Hino comes in second, up 32% with 33 units registered and a 20.5% market share.
Mitsubishi comes in third, unchanged with 24 units registered and a 15% market share.
Toyota follows, down 40% (21 units), Nissan up 73% (19 units), Fiat down 87.5% (3 units), Ford unchanged ( 3 units), Kenworth up 50% (3 units), and Iveco down 50% (2 units).
