* Victoria - Truck sales steady
-- 2015 has been a year of mixed results for the truck manufacturers in Australia, according to the latest truck sales figures published by the Truck Industry Council (TIC)... The total of 2,775 new truck registrations was 570 more than in May and took the total for the year so far to 12,283 - 124 more than for the same period in 2014... The strong sales in light-duty vehicles influenced some changes in overall market shares as OEMs such as the big three Japanese brands with their broad model ranges took percentage points away from manufacturers who operate in the heavy-duty space only... Van sales continued to run close to 30 per cent up on last year, with 672 new delivery and trades vans hitting the road... The 332 registrations for Mercedes-Benz vans during June gave it a dominating 49.4 per cent of the van market, but the other manufacturers also continued to enjoy solid year-to-date growth - except Fiat, whose sales are flat on last year... With 68 vans sold in June, the Italian brand at least made up for the seven per cent lag in May... The combined truck and van sales in June added up to 3,447 new vehicles, which took the first half total to 15,140 for an overall commercial vehicle market growth of 5.4 per cent...
Melbourne, VIC, Australia - Prime Mover - 3rd, July 2015
* Eire - LCV up 56% and HGV sales up 4% in first six months
-- SIMI have revealed that LCV sales are up hugely compared to the first half of last year while a good June saw HGV sales outstrip the first half of 2014 as well... Light Commercials Vehicles (LCV), were up by 52% (801) on June 2014 (528) and are up 56% (14,600) for the first half of the year compared to 2014. HGV (Heavy Goods Vehicle) registrations, which had been lagging behind last year to the end of May, are up 89% for the month of June (157) compared with June 2014 (83), and are now up 4% year to date...
(Photo: The Ford Transit range) -- Kells, Co. Meath, Ireland - Irish Trucker - 1 July 2015Labels: trucks markets worldwide
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