The phrase “tight at the top” is the perfect description of New Zealand’s new truck market (4.5 tonnes GVM and above) with just one registration separating market front-runners Isuzu and Fuso at the mid-point of the year.

Isuzu currently leads the market with 644 registrations YTD (January-June) while Fuso sits at 643 YTD registrations.

A monthly total of 596 new registrations is also the highest June figure on record and is 18.5% ahead of the same month last year. The January-June total of 3048 units is the strongest-ever first half-year market – and 11.8% ahead of the 2727 registrations achieved in the same period last year.

June’s trailer market totalled 152 registrations, slightly up on the same month last year when 148 units were registered. The YTD trailer total of 754 is 73 units ahead of last year but remains behind the first-half of 2018 when 866 new trailers were registered.

A strong June performance with 147 registrations is the reason for Isuzu edging one unit ahead of Fuso with 130 registrations in June. Hino (398 YTD/68 June) remains in third place ahead of Scania (303/65).

UD (156/30) and Volvo (150/30) tied in the June rankings while Iveco (130/19) retains seventh followed by DAF (125/18), Mercedes-Benz (106/14) and Foton (88/19), each holding their YTD places.

In the 3.5-4.5t GVM crossover segment, Fiat reached 105 YTD by adding 32 units for the month, followed by Ford (54/6) and Mercedes-Benz (47/3). 

In the 4.5-7.5t category, Fuso (338/70) strengthened its lead, ahead of Isuzu (193/53), Iveco (72/6), Hino (67/13), Foton (38/11), Hyundai (32/3) and Volkswagen (27/11).

Isuzu (287/61) continued to dominate the 7.5-15t segment, with Hino (111/17) a long way behind in second and Fuso (110/31) third.

In the 15-20.5t segment, Hino (48/11) led UD (28/5) and Fuso (23/3) as the clear leaders of this segment.

In the very small 20.5-23t segment, Hino (15/3) remains at the top ahead of Fuso (2/0) and Isuzu (2/0). 

In the 23t to maximum GVM premium division, Scania (288/63) continues to dominate with an impressive 63 registrations for the month of June, retaining the number one spot ahead of FUSO (170/26) who move ahead of Hino (157/24).

Volvo (144/30) moves just ahead of Isuzu (142/19) into fourth position while UD  (124/24) moves ahead of DAF (117/17). The rest of the market remains unchanged in the top-10 with Kenworth (76/14) leading Mercedes-Benz (71/7) and MAN (48/6).

In the trailer market, Fruehauf (90/16) is edging out its lead over Patchell (75/15) while Transport Trailers (53/8) stay in third place. Roadmaster (51/8) retains fourth position ahead of Domett (48/13) improving to fifth, ahead of TMC (47/8), and MTE (37/7). Transfleet (24/6) moves ahead of Freighter (23/4) while Fairfax (19/4) retains position to complete the top-10 YTD.