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JUNE SETS AN ALL-TIME TRUCK SALES RECORD THE AUSTRALIAN truck market set an all-time high monthly record in June as the Covid 19 bounce back
Kenworth was fourth in the overall market with its 325 tally, while Mercedes-Benz claimed fifth with
that would have been a respectable full year figure for Scania. Fuso with 88 heavy duty sales moved
and instant tax write offs spurred
198, which includes vans and light
past Hino’s 79 to be sixth in the
the market to a massive 4741 sales, topping June 2020 by 120 units and the June figure for the record year of
duty Sprinter based trucks. The Paccar brand also continued its dominance and strong result in June,
segment, while Mack on 66, DAF on 61 and UD on 59 were the next best, ahead of Iveco with 43, and Western
2018 by more than 500 units. At the mid-point of 2021, the year-to-
moving it even further ahead of Volvo in the all-important fight for Heavy
Star with 42. Freightliner continues to fall short of expectations, with its
brands between them captured 84.4 per cent of the light duty market. Mercedes’ 44 light truck sales was
date sales tally is 19,920 units, just 50 trucks behind June 2018’s tally of
Duty supremacy. Kenworth’s tally for the month was more than double
30 heavy duty sales belying the true potential of its Cascadia model.
the next best behind the dominant Japanese brands.
19,970, with all of the major brands recording strong sales, led by Isuzu,
Volvo’s total of 146. The Swedish maker finishing only seven trucks
As mentioned, Hino topped Isuzu by seven trucks in Medium Duty,
In vans Mercedes-Benz dominated with 283 sales for the month, 22 units
which again topped the sales charts with 1085 sales, ironically not the brands best ever month.
ahead of Mercedes-Benz with 139 heavies. Scania and Isuzu battled out fourth place, with the Swede selling
claiming 293 sales for the month,
ahead of Renault, while VW was third with 161 sales and Ford in fourth
Isuzu captured 22.9 per cent of the
122 trucks and finished just four units
market, with long-time rival Hino scoring its best every monthly sales tally with 761 units and 16.1 per cent
ahead of Isuzu on 118. Scania’s year to date figures for the first six months are the best half year
with 182 sales, while fourth placed Mercedes-Benz was so far behind
share, as well as beating Isuzu in the medium duty sector. Fuso also had its
figures it has ever recorded. Its 576 deliveries for the first half underlines
15 units in the medium sector. Isuzu was supreme in light duty,
remainder of 2021, some pundits believe that the 2018 record of just over 41000 units can be bettered, a
best ever month in Australia with 568 sales and 12 per cent market share.
the success the brand has had in recent times, because not long ago
selling almost double the number of trucks that Hino moved. Isuzu’s 681
result that few would have believed just a year ago.
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an occurrence that has only happened a handful of times in the history of the two brands in Australia. Fuso was third
it almost doesn’t register, selling just
sales and 42 per cent market share was 292 ahead of Hino, which gave it a 24 per cent share. Fuso had a great month in light duty, but the 298 trucks it sold pale when measured against Isuzu’s result. The three Japanese
with 119. With all of the major truck groups continuing to report strong demand with order books full through the
