U.S. Heavy Trucks Market (Class 8) – September 2016 sales
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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 1 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 2