Preliminary new commercial vehicle sales figures for November, viewed by DIESELtalk, show that the truck/ute sales market in 2012 – after only 11 months – has surpassed last year’s total.
More than 2000 new commercials were sold last month (utes, vans, through to heavy trucks), taking the 2012 year-to-date (YTD) to more than 22,200, up on 2011’s 20,621.
Toyota sold 578 light commercials in November for a 27.56% market share. YTD Toyota has sold 6115, with a similar 27.51% share.
Nissan was the next best seller last month with 253 units and a market share of 12.06%. Nissan is third YTD with 2508 light commercial sales, and a market share of 11.28%.
Ford came in third in November with 231 sales, and a market share of 11.02%. Ford is second YTD with 3294 sales and a 14.82% market share.
Isuzu trucks managed another top ten finish last month, placing ninth with 53 units sold. In YTD figures Isuzu sits in ninth place in terms of total commercial vehicle sales, with 555 units sold.
Hino came in 11th in November with 48 trucks sold. A YTD total of 389 puts Hino in 12th place for total commercial vehicles sales.
Mitsubishi Fuso was close behind with 44, with a YTD total of 438.
Looking at the top fifteen commercial models shows the numbers are largely made up of utility vehicles and pickups, with a smattering of vans thrown into the mix.
Toyota’s Hilux sold 350 units in November which took its YTD total to 3854, now 44 more than its 2011 end of year total.
Nissan’s Navarra topped 247 sales last month, and sits in third YTD with 2403. 2011 saw sales total 2253.
Toyota’s HiAce was in third place with 199. YTD sales are 2081 compared to 2011’s 1713 total.
Ford’s Ranger came in with 184 sales in November, taking YTD figures to 2677, where it sits in second place overall. Last year it was third overall with 2072.
Holden’s Colorado took fifth place with 170 sales and a YTD tally of 1233. 2011 saw 1173 sales.
