U.S. Heavy Trucks Market (Class 8) – September 2016 sales

U.S. Heavy Trucks Market (Class 8) – September 2016 sales
Torino, October 13, 2016
Resumes in September the strong descent of heavy trucks (Class 8) sales.
According
to
preliminary
data
of
t
30
h
Ward's
Automotive
o
with 14,968 units sales
u
25
of Class 8 trucks in
s
a
September were down
n
28.6% compared to
20
d
September of last year,
and -8% from the
u
15
n
previous
month
i
(August).
Cumulatively
t
10
for the first nine
s
Gen feb mar apr mag giu
lu
ag
set
ot
nov dic
months, sales fell to
2016 15,95 15,88 20,03 16,63 17,31 18,35 14,09 16,26 14,97
149,477 units, 21.1%
2015 17,37 17,81 20,63 20,51 21,5 25,37 23,38 22 20,97 19,25 19,23 20,77
less than the same
2014 14,15 13,95 16,45 17,78 17,99 19,37 18,79 19,63 20,09 22,03 16,71 23,40
period last year.
2013 13,16 12,55 13,20 15,65 15,46 15,93 15,34 15,30 16,10 18,00 14,51 19,70
Always
descending
2012 14,10 15,40 17,30 16,90 18,00 17,50 16,50 16,50 14,50 15,60 14,40 18,10
orders: those of Class 8
have dropped to 13,900 in September, the lowest since September 2010. According to industry
analysts: "With orders 28% less than in September 2015, it is clear that the truckers are still
struggling to balance
U.S. Heavy Trucks Market Class 8) - monthly trend since 2010
the excess transport
CSS on Ward's data
30,0
capacity in a very
anemic
growth
25,0
contest”.
Sales of medium 20,0
trucks (Class 4-7)
increased by 0.8% 15,0
compared to August
and 1.8% compared 10,0
to September of last
5,0
year, and remain
8.5% higher in the
0,0
cumulative of the
gen-10 Lu gen-11 Lu gen-12 Lu gen-13 Lu gen-14 Lu Jan 15 Lu Jan 16 Lu
first nine months.
U.S. Heavy trucks market (Class 8) - monthly values
Source Ward's Automotive
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Alongside
the
preliminary shares of
the various brands in
September.
Volvo;
10,3
Mack;
8,7
Peterbilt; 13,6
Freightliner;
39
Kenworth;
14,9
W. Star; 2,5
International ;
11
Medium + heavies in the month totaled 32,357 units, 13.7% less than in the same period last year.
In the first 9 months, the cumulative market of medium plus heavies falls by 8.5% on the same
period of 2015, to 305,250 units.
.
Emilio di Camillo – www.centrostudisubalpino.it - October 2016
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