Deals On Wheels Australia – September 2019

DEALS Data

WiththeinkdryingonEOFYandBrisbane

TruckShowdeals,Australiantruckand

vansalescontinuedtheirseasonalclimb

inJune– albeitona slightlysmallerscale

thanlastyear’srecords.

Nonetheless,thefigureshitthe4,

markinthemonthforthesecondyearina

row,reaching4,072,andtakingtheyear’s

tallyto18,889,accordingtoTruckIndustry

Council(TIC)T-Markfigures.

Thenumbersarehealthyif notquitethe

4,231and19,970respectivelyin2018,but

abovethelevelsofthepreviousboomyear

of2008,whichsaw3,671vehiclessoldin

Juneand18,218year-to-date.

ThefiguresarealsouponMay’s3,

andApril’s2,943afterMarch’s3,296and

February’s2,826.

Isuzucontinuestosteamaheadacross

allcategories,becomingthefirstmaker

tohitfourfiguresina monthlycycleand

increasingitsascendancyonthemarket.

Hinobrokeintothe 500 markforthefirst

time,breakinga runof400sforthepast

handfulofmonths.

Mercedes-Benzhada notablejumpinall

sectors,from 163 to 271 monthonmonth,

takingitstotalmarketsharefrom3.9per

centto4.5percentfortheyear.

HEAVYDUTY

Followingthegeneraltrend,heavy-duty

trucksenjoyedtheirmostprosperous

monthtodate,withJune’sfigureof1,

pippingMay’s1,212,andthetalliesof1,006,

1,186inthemonthsprior.

Again,it sitsbetween2018’s1,433and

2017’s1,250talliesforJune.

Thebignewsinthissegmentis that

Volvo’stiltatthetopcontinuestogather

pace,surpassingKenworthforthesecond

monthina row: 225 to 202 respectively.

It’sa closermarginthanthe 248 vs 206

inMay,buttheYTDgapcontinuesto

close,nowdownto 50 withKenworthon

1,154andVolvoon1,104,addinganother

fascinatingchaptertothisbattle.

Thefollowingpackallhadproductive

monthsbytheirstandards,withIsuzu’s

174,Mercedes-Benz’s 154 andMack’s 113

allconsiderablebumpsonlastmonth.

NotsogoodforScania,however,

droppingbacktounder 100 after

threemonthsoftriple-figuresales.

MEDIUMDUTY

Medium-dutysalesreached796,up

onMay’s 734 butnearly 100 downon

2018’s895.

Bynow,YTD 2018 hadexceeded4,

• 4,084tobeexact– with2019’s3,
  meaningthatgapwidens.
  Still,in 2017 thisfigurewas3,321,andit all
  palesincomparisonto2008’s4,635inthis
  segment.
  Individually,theleadingduoofIsuzuand
  HinomadeJunetheirbestmonth,upfrom
  303 to347,and 219 to255,respectively.
  Third-placeFusocouldn’tcontinuethe
  momentum,droppingtounder100,while
  MANalsoeasedto 50 afteritsbumper
  Mayof72.

UD’s 34 wastheunderratedpickforthe

month,outdoingitspreviousbestforthe

year:28,whichcameallthewaybackin

January.

LIGHTDUTY

June’s1,274wasa significantjumponMay’s

999,andnearlywentpound-to-poundwith

the1,304atthistimelastyear.

However,5,518somedistancefrom6,021,

andis closerto2017’stalliesof1,233forthe

monthand5,451YTD,butatleastthatgap

widenedslightly.

Thetopthreeallheldfirmtorecordyear’s

bestfigures,withIsuzunearlybreaking

the 500 markforthesecondtimeina row

inJune,butfallingjustshorton498,and

HinoandFusofollowingon 258 and 212

respectively.

Mercedes-Benzmaintaineditssurprising

growthin thiscategory,aftermorethan

doublingitsmonth-on-monthtotalthisyear

tohit 69 unitsinMay.It againnearlydoubled

up,hitting113.Compareit toJune2018’s 77

andit’sa roaringlight-dutyjump.

VolvooutsellsrivalKenworthintheheavy-dutysegmentfortwoconsecutivemonths

Heavy-dutytrucksalesJune 2019

Volvo 225

Kenworth 202

Isuzu 174

Mercedes-Benz 154

Mack 113

Scania 93

Hino 67

DAF 38

Iveco 37

DennisEagle 35

Freightliner 33

UDtrucks 31

WesternStar 27

Fuso 27

MAN 25

International 7

Battle of the big bangers heats up

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