Commercial vehicle registrations have been steady for the month with only a slight dip in new trucks but a good boost in used trucks year-on-year.
Total registrations of new trucks and buses over 3500kg GVM sits at 576 units for October.
This is down 2.5% compared to the same period last year which saw 591 registrations of new commercials for the month.
A total of 5334 new trucks and buses have hit the road in the year-to-date compared to 5700 for the same period last year.
Isuzu is market leader for October with 122 units registered and a 21.2% market share. The brand was up 3.4% compared to the 118 units registered in the same period last year.
Fuso is in second spot for the month, up 23.1% with 64 units registered and an 11.1% market share.
Mercedes-Benz is third, up 22% with 61 units registered and a 10.6% market share.
Hino follows, down 9.5% with 57 units registered and a 9.9% market share, Iveco up 56% (39), Volvo up 15.6% (37), Scania up 41.7% (34), Fiat down 64.4% (26), UD Trucks down 26.7% (22) and MAN up 111.1% (19).
Total used imported truck and bus registrations saw a good increase year-on-year, up 17.1% with 212 registrations in October compared to 181 in the same period last year.
A total of 1898 used trucks and buses have hit the road in the year-to-date compared to 1923 for the same period last year.
Isuzu lead the used commercial import market for the month with 47 units registered and a 22.2% market share. This was down 7.8% compared to the 51 units registered in the same period last year.
Toyota comes second, up 45.2% with 45 units registered and a 21.2% market share.
Hino is third, up 23.1% with 32 units registered and a 15.1% market share.
Nissan follows, up 68.8% with 27 units registered, Mitsubishi down 6.7% (14), Mercedes-Benz down 22.2% (7), Ford up 20% (6), Fiat up 400% (5), Chevrolet up 300% (4) and Mazda up 33.3% (4).
