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New truck registrations tracked largely as expected in January, recording a strong start to the year.

Both new truck and trailer sales totals in January are ahead of January 2022 and the market is steadily tracking closer to pre-Covid record levels.

According to NZTA provisional data there were 400 trucks (with a GVM of 4.5 tonnes-plus) registered in the first month of the new year, a solid 17.6% increase on the 340 sales in January 2022. However 2019 still provides the strongest January on record for truck sales with 416 registrations.

Trailer registrations are up year-on-year for the start of 2023 with 96 sales being 11.6% ahead of the January 2022 to... ... 

The record-breaking run for the New Zealand new truck market continued during August.

August registrations of 548 trucks (with a GVM of 4.5 tonnes or more) boosted the year-to-date total to 3761, according to official NZ Transport Agency data.

That is a 12.5% improvement on the previous best August in 2018 when 487 new trucks were registered. It also lifts the year-to-date total at the end of the first eight months to another all-time best – the 3761 total being 5.2% up on 2019’s previous best of 3572.

The trailer market continues to track consistently this year with 125 new registrations in August, one unit ahead of the July market. The YTD total of 927 registration... ... 

The New Zealand new truck market continues to run ahead of record levels with July registrations of 486 units being two units ahead of the previous best July market in 2018.

With 3,213 registrations year-to-date in the 4.5-tonne GVM and above category, the new truck market is now 412 units ahead of 2021 registrations in the same period and 117 units ahead of the 2019 record for the first seven months of the year. 

In contrast the trailer market remains subdued with a YTD tally of 802 registrations being down 21.1% on 2018 year-to-date total of 1017 trailers. It’s also 53 units behind the same period last year.

Fuso was New Zealand’s top-selling truck brand (4.5-... ... 

In the first half of 2022 the New Zealand heavy truck market is outperforming the other segments of the new vehicle market.

Slowing sales of passenger cars and SUVs are now running 3.2% behind 2021 volumes year-to-date while the total vehicle market is 20.4% behind 2021 levels as the brakes have been applied to utility sales since tax changes on April 1.

But the heavy truck market (4.5 tonnes GVM and above) continues to deliver record sales. YTD January-June registrations of 2727 units are running 14.9% ahead of the same half-year period in 2021 (2372 units) and ahead of the previous record first-half total of 2620 registrations achieved in 2019.

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