U.S. Medium- and Heavy-Duty Truck Sales Down 17.2% in October
Four of the five weight classes drop in sales.
U.S. big-truck sales totaled 29,925 units in October, 17.2% below like-2015’s 38,910.
Class 8 had the largest decline of all gross-vehicle-weight classes, dropping 23.8% from year-ago. Daimler’s Freightliner (-41.4%) and Western Star (-11.3%) brought the company down 40% from last October. International was up 9.3%, but year-to-date sales through October were down 26%. PACCAR and Volvo had double-digit drops of 12.4% and 22.2%, respectively.
Class 7 was the only group to see a gain in October, 2.9% above year-ago with 5,047 units. Hino dropped a dramatic 30.8%, while International fell 3.2%. Kenworth (20.2%) and Peterbilt (15.1%) drove PACCAR’s results up 17.5%. Ford rose 12.7% with 135 units.
Class 6 deliveries totaled 4,589 units, a decline of 11.2%. Ford (12.7%) and PACCAR (8.7%) were the only truck makers to see gains from like-2015. Freightliner had the largest drop (-25.6%) with 1,475 units. International was down 20.8% in October but is 7.3% through 10 months.
The class 5 segment totaled 5,666, a 21% drop. Even though imports rose 21.1% from year-ago, the domestic line plummeted 24.6%. Hino’s import line rose an impressive 49.6%, the largest gain in the group. On the other hand, Mitsubishi Fuso dropped 95.9%, from 26 units last October to only one this past month. Other large declines came from FCA (-15.6%), Ford (-27.7%), International (-62.7%) and PACCAR (-59.6%).
Deliveries of Class 4 trucks declined a mild 0.2% on 1,005 deliveries. While Class 4 domestics rose 5.6% from year-ago, the import line fell 7.7%. Both Isuzu’s import and domestic lines saw inclines of 31.4% and 4.3%, respectively. All other brands in this segment declined, with Mitsubishi Fuso having the biggest drop of 89%.
Totaling 334,905 units, year-to-date through October sales were down 10.2% from like-2015.
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