Isuzu was the most popular new truck sold in New Zealand last month, with 49 sales of trucks over 3500kg – for a year-to-date total of 129.
In second place in March was Hino on 40 sales, followed by Fuso on 34, Scania 32, DAF 25, Mercedes-Benz 23 and Volvo on 21 truck sales.
Total new truck sales over 3500kg last month was 315 units – five units ahead of March 2012.
Isuzu topped the ‘light’ truck segment (3500-9000kg) with 24 units, and the ‘medium’ truck segment (9001-23,000kg) with 16 units. Isuzu’s sales were exactly the same, for both classes of vehicle, a year earlier.
In the ‘heavy’ truck segment (23,001kg and over) Scania led the way with 26 sales last month, followed by DAF on 23, Volvo on 21, Hino (19) and Western Star (16). Isuzu was next with eight sales.
Sales in this segment were 146 last month, against 143 in March 2012.
Total sales in the ‘medium’ segment this March were 57, against 47 a year earlier.
The ‘light’ segment was the only one to show negative growth last month, with 86 sales against 100 a year earlier.
Twentysix new buses over 3500kg were registered last month, against 20 in March 2012.
