Class 8 U.S. retail sales in November were the second-highest this year and continued the trend since May of monthly gains compared with a year earlier, Wards Intelligence reported.
Sales rose 39.5% to 23,075 compared with 16,539 a year earlier. August posted the best sales so far with 23,581.
Year-to-date sales rose 14.2% to 225,163 compared with 197,224 in the 2021 period.
All truck makers but one notched sales gains compared with a year earlier.
Freightliner, a brand of Daimler Truck North America, remained the market leader with a 36.6% share on 8,453 sales, a 37.8% increase. Western Star — the smallest manufacturer and also a DTNA brand — slid 7.6% on 465 sales, compared with 503, for a 2% share.
The most dramatic improvement involved International, a brand of Traton Group’s Navistar, as sales climbed 129.5% to 3,016. It earned a 13.1% share.
Kenworth Truck Co. rose 59.8% on 3,743 sales. It earned a 16.2% share.
Peterbilt Motors Co. rose 27.1% to 3,612 and claimed a 15.7% share.
Kenworth and Peterbilt are brands of Paccar Inc.
Mack Trucks rose 22.8% to 1,665 sales and earned a 7.2% share.
Volvo Trucks North America inched up 3.6% to 2,121 sales and notched a 9.2% share.
Mack and VTNA are brands of Volvo Group.
