Canada Big-Truck Sales Down 5.4% in January

Canadian medium- and heavy-duty truck sales fell 5.4% on a daily sales basis in October. Deliveries totaled 2,431 units compared with 2,783 from prior-year, WardsAuto data shows. Results were mixed among the weight classes.

Sales in Class 8 slipped 21.0% to 1,552 units. Daimler’s Freightliner and Western Star were the only brands to post year-over-year gains, up 8.3% and 2.8% respectively. PACCAR took the hardest hit as Kenworth fell 55.7% and Peterbilt slipped 36.8%

Medium-duty deliveries reached 879 units, 9.1% above 656 from like-2015.

Class 7 deliveries rose 14.0% on volume of 222 units. Hino lifted sales 146.6% to 66 vehicles. Kenworth (+67.9%) and Freightliner (+29.0%) also showed big gains. International and Peterbilt slowed the weight class’s growth with declines of 40.1% and 28.9%, respectively.

In Class 6, sales soared 317.4% to 131 units. International sold 50 vehicles this year compared with two in same-month 2015. Freightliner (+234.8%), Hino (+217.3%) and Peterbilt (+116.7%) recorded triple digit growth. Ford posted the only decline, down 45.8% to 3 deliveries.

Class 5 ended January up 34.8% on sales of 448 trucks. The top-three sellers posted double-digit gains, including Ford (+34.9%), FCA (+31.7%) and Hino (+43.5). International slipped 21.2%, and Mitsubishi sold zero units, down from five in prior-year. 

Class 4 enjoyed a 65.7% jump in sales to 78 orders. A 151.3% gain brought Ford’s share to 74.4%. Isuzu’s import models tripled in volume, but its domestic sales were down 63.9%. Mitsubishi Fuso was the only other brand to fall, with a 63.9% drop to a just one truck.

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