Year to date, U.S. Class 8 retail sales are down 9.4% to 50,627 units from 55,862 in 2024. (Aziz Shamuratov/Getty Images)
U.S. Class 8 sales continued to trend below year-ago levels but posted a sequential gain in March, according to data from Wards Intelligence.
Sales decreased 5% to 18,682 units from 19,658 during the same time last year but jumped 18.8% sequentially from the 15,725 units reported in February.
Year to date, Class 8 sales are down 9.4% to 50,627 units from 55,862. The trucking sales market has been experiencing year-over-year losses for more than a year with few exceptions.
Freightliner, a brand of Daimler Truck North America, claimed the largest market share for the month with 7,286 trucks sold, accounting for 39% of all sales. This marked a 1% increase from the 7,214 sold during the prior year. Western Star, another DTNA brand, experienced the largest year-over-year percentage increase at 30.9%. It sold 1,055 units, up from 806.
Mack Trucks reported sales increased 9.4% to 1,518 units from 1,388. Volvo Trucks North America saw sales decrease 21.8% to 1,577 units from 2,016 last year. Mack and VTNA are brands of Volvo Group.
International Motors sales fell 20.4% to 1,549 from 1,945. Peterbilt Motors Co. sales declined 8.4% to 2,877 units from 3,140, and Kenworth Truck Co. sales dropped 10.7% to 2,807 from 3,142. Peterbilt and Kenworth are Paccar Inc. brands.
