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Another strong month in August sees the New Zealand new truck market remaining on track to achieve a record year.

New truck registration figures for August see 539 trucks with a GVM of 4.5 tonnes or more registered, and the year-to-date (YTD) total reaching 4060, according to official NZ Transport Agency data.

August’s monthly total is actually a slight decrease from last year’s 548, however the total of 4060 is 7.95% ahead of the previous best January-August total of 3761 registrations achieved in 2022.

The trailer market is also strong, with 156 registrations in August and 1033 YTD. That total is 106 ahead of the same period last year but falls 150 re... ... 

New truck registrations have started the second half of the year following the same trends of the first six months, with the market still on track to achieve record numbers.

With 3,544 registrations year-to-date (Jan-July), the market is 331 units ahead of the same period last year. July 2023 monthly registrations of 496 are also up on the previous best June (2022) monthly figure of 486 registrations.

The YTD tally of 877 trailer registrations is down 13.7% on the 2018 year-to-date record of 1017 trailers but is 75 units ahead of the same period last year as the market continues to show steady growth.

July’s overall truck market (4.5-tonne GVM and a... ... 

With exactly 500 new registrations for the month, May 2023 is the third highest month of May on record for New Zealand heavy truck sales and the market continues to run ahead of previous benchmarks.

Overall truck market (4.5 tonnes to maximum GVM) registrations of 500 units is 18 units (-3.4%) behind the May 2019 record volume and 11 units behind May 2022.

But the consistently strong market in 2023 means year-to-date (YTD) registrations to the end of May continue at record levels. The 2452 registrations in the first five months of this year is 25.5% ahead compared to last year’s 1952 units and is 10.5% ahead of the pre-Covid best of 2218 registrations in Janu... ... 

The 2022 truck and trailer market leaders continue to solidify their positions by achieving strong October registrations. 

Overall, the October figures see a drop in new truck registrations compared to September, but the monthly total of 563 is still well ahead of the 477 units achieved in October 2021.

Year-to-date for 10 months the 4973 new truck registrations are well ahead of the 4036 registrations in the same period last year and also the best previous Jan-Oct result of 4566 units from 2019. 

The new trailer market YTD total now stands at 1180 – slightly behind last year’s October YTD result of 1187 registrations but still a considerable ... ...