Australasian Bus & Coach – July 2019

busnews.com.au July 2019 ABC^75

For the body builders, Volgren was on top but not

the busiest it has been this year, with some of the

other recorded highs involving Custom Bus Group

(18), Bustech (17) and BCI (16). Fifteen builders were

involved this month, an equal record for the year.

SALES BY BODY

Sales by chassis

SALES BY

AIR-CONDITIONER

Alsofortheair-conditioners,marketleaderThermoKing

didn’thaveitsstrongestmontheither,withthathonour

bestowedonSpheros(23),Hispacold(18)andMCC(15)

makinggreatgains.Yutong(14)andDenso(14)alsoreached

doublefigures.

ThermoKing 39

Spheros 23

Hispacold 18

MCC 15

Yutong 14

Denso 14

N/A 13

Valeo 9

Konvekta 4

Kingtec 1

Coachair 1

%

VOLVO 46

SCANIA 44

BCI 16

YUTONG 16

HINO 10

MERCEDES-BENZ 8

BUSTECH 5

BONLUCK 2

KING LONG 2

CHALLENGER 1

MAN 1

P&DCOACHWORKS 2

KINGLONG 2

EXPRESSCOACHES 2

CHALLENGER 1

N/A 1

BONLUCK 2

SCANIAHIGER 3

COACHCONCEPTS 3

COACH DESIGNS 5

N/A 6

JBUS 8

IRIZAR 11

YUTONG 16

BUSTECH 17

BCI 16

CUSTOMBUS 18

VOLGREN 38

Percentage by

REGION

37 %

NSW

23 %

WA

8 %

SA

3 %

NT

3 %

TA S

26 %

QLD

For the manufacturers, while Volvo and Scania posted their best figures of the year with 46 and

44, respectively, the likes of BCI (16) and Hino (10) too hit year’s best figures, whereas Yutong also

returned to double-figure deliveries.