Canada Class 4-8 Sales Down in September

Canada’s medium- and heavy-duty truck deliveries were down 26.7% from year-ago to 3,417 units. Four of the five weight classes recorded double-digit losses.

Class 8 sales totaled 2,124 vehicles, 26.9% less than prior-year, as all brands saw declines. Freightliner (-36.4%) and Western Star (-17.9%) brought their parent company, Daimler, down 32.5%. PACCAR’s Kenworth and Peterbilt undersold like-2015 by 20.3% and 32.6%, respectively. Mack and Volvo, combined, fell 31.2%.

Class 7 was down 29.5% on 673 orders. Group leader International slipped 33.4%. PACCAR dropped 31.5% overall. Hino posted a 51.1% gain and Ford sold 13 trucks compared with one last year, resulting in both seeing big jumps in segment share.

The only weight group to outsell September 2015 was Class 6, up 14.0% on 106 deliveries. Hino’s sales rose 75%, increasing its share to 52.8%. Freightliner also was successful in this segment, growing 22.7%. International, the volume leader last year, took a sharp dive of 55.6%.

Class 5 orders totaled 421 in September, down 25.2% primarily due to poor domestic results. FCA and Ford dropped 19.0% and 41.4%, respectively. Hino saw the only growth, jumping 28.9%.

Class 4 took the hardest fall in September, down 35.4% from last year to 93 units. Isuzu’s domestic line saw the only growth, selling 19 units vs. one in same-month 2015. The lowest drop was posted by Ford with a 38.0% decline.

Year-to-date, big-truck sales were 17.6% below like-2015 on 27,786 units.

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