Supply chain security puts Volvo on top of sales perch

A DECISION by Volvo Group Australia during Covid-19 to shore up stock supply by importing completely built-up trucks from factories in Saudi Arabia and Sweden has again paid dividends.

For the second time in recent months, Volvo has topped the sales race, this time nosing out Kenworth with 265 vs. 251 in the February numbers just released

2023 year-to-date tally to 2168 heavies, 22.7 per cent (401 trucks) above sales at this time last year.

Total Australian truck and heavy van new sales for February reached 3499 units, up a significant 21.8 per cent on February 2022 and smashing the all-time February sales record set in 2008 of 3017 trucks and vans.

As detailed last month, 2022 heavy vehicle sales were tralia.

Tony McMullan, TIC CEO, said the strong start to 2023 is a positive but again warned the situation may be very different for the second half of the year.

He said industry is concerned that many truck orders will be cancelled because trucks will not be completed and delivered into service due to ongoing global supply chain issues.