Freightliner claimed the largest market share for the month with 6,551 trucks sold, accounting for 36.2% of all sales. (Daimler Truck North America)
U.S. Class 8 retail sales closed in on nearly two years of year-over-year declines in April, according to data from Wards Intelligence.
Sales decreased 8.7% to 18,078 units from 19,798 during the same time last year. This follows almost two years of truck sales trending below the prior year, though there have been a few exceptions. They were also down 3.2% sequentially from the 18,682 units reported in March. Year-to-date sales are down 9.2% to 68,680 units from 75,657.
Wards found that only two of the seven major truck makers experienced a year-over-year increase in sales. Freightliner, a brand of Daimler Truck North America, claimed the largest market share for the month with 6,551 trucks sold, accounting for 36.2% of all sales. This marked a 1% increase from 6,483 the prior year. Western Star, another DTNA brand, experienced the largest year-over-year percentage increase at 19.1% to 1,059 from 889.
Mack Trucks reported sales decreased 2.1% to 1,504 units from 1,536. Volvo Trucks North America saw sales fall 25.8% to 1,511 units from 2,037 last year. Mack and VTNA are brands of Volvo Group. International Motors sales fell 32.1% to 1,315 units from 1,938. Peterbilt Motors Co. sales declined 6.7% to 3,096 units from 3,319. Kenworth Truck Co. sales dropped 15.2% to 3,038 units from 3,581. Peterbilt and Kenworth are Paccar Inc. brands.
