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New Zealand’s new heavy truck market continued at recordbreaking levels in February – albeit only narrowly.

New truck registrations for the month in the overall market (all trucks above a 4.5-tonne GVM) totalled 389….just six more than the same month last year, which was the previous February alltime best.

On top of a recordbreaking January, the February regos guaranteed another record – the 805 2019 sales to the end of February easily beating the 721 for the first two months of 2018.

NZ Transport Agency registration statistics, analysed by industry consultant Robin Yates’ Marketing Hand, show that the heavy trailer market couldn&rsq... ... 

After a disappointing end to last year’s heavy truck sales, which saw New Zealand’s new truck market narrowly fall short of its best-ever year, 2019 has seen the market rebound – with a recordbreaking January.

The 416 trucks (with a GVM of 4.5 tonnes-plus) registered in the first month of the new year was a spectacular 23.1% up on the 338 sales in January 2018 – and that was the previous alltime best.

And official NZ Transport Agency registration data shows that trailer registrations in January were also at record levels – the 111 sales edging the 105 previous best total for the month, back in 2015.

The leaders in both the overall tru... ... 

After a disappointing end to last year’s heavy truck sales, which saw New Zealand’s new truck market narrowly fall short of its best-ever year, 2019 has seen the market rebound – with a recordbreaking January.

The 416 trucks (with a GVM of 4.5 tonnes-plus) registered in the first month of the new year was a spectacular 23.1% up on the 338 sales in January 2018 – and that was the previous alltime best.

And official NZ Transport Agency registration data shows that trailer registrations in January were also at record levels – the 111 sales edging the 105 previous best total for the month, back in 2015.

The leaders in both the overall tru... ... 

The New Zealand new truck market returned to its record-breaking form in April –rebounding after its months-long streak of new monthly alltime bests cameto an end in March.

The bounce-back saw 372 trucks with a GVM of 4.5 tonnes or more registered in April, according to official NZ Transport Agency data.

That was a 7.2% improvement on the 347 previous best April, from last year. It also carried the year-to-date total at the end of the first four monthsto another new alltime best – the 1557 total 6.3% up on last year’s 1465.

The trailer market was at even better levels, with the 146 registered in April setting the new benchmark, 11% and 15 registrati... ...