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 distance behind 2018’s all-time best of 1458 units.

In the overall truck market (4.5t-maximum GVM), FUSO (1050 YTD/128 October) is extending its YTD lead. Following its strong September result (159 units) second-placed Isuzu (909/72) had a much quieter month in October. FUSO now sits comfortably in the number one spot holding 21.1% market share. 

Hino (790/95) reports the second highest number of registrations for October and retains third position YTD, ahead of Scania (425/44), Iveco (266/44), and UD (239/27). Mercedes-Benz (235/39) moves into seventh position at the expense of Foton (223/23) being the only ranking change month-on-month. Kenworth (206/27) and Volvo (160/12) are holding position to round out the top-10.

In the 3.5-4.5t GVM crossover segment, clear leader Fiat (361/65) is extending its dominance, ahead of Mercedes-Benz (85/15) and Volkswagen (60/6). 

Registrations in the 4.5-7.5t category sees FUSO (511/80) increase its lead on Isuzu (299/25), with Iveco (162/33) moving into third ahead of Hino (154/4). Mercedes-Benz (146/23) also moves ahead of Foton (139/18).

In the 7.5-15t class, Isuzu (351/22) is holding its lead over Hino (253/45), while FUSO (207/22) stays third, with Foton (84/5) and Iveco (35/4) well behind the leading trio.

In the 15-20.5t GVM category, Hino (103/10) continues to lead, well ahead of FUSO (56/6) and UD (49/6), in second and third. Isuzu (23/2) retains fourth ahead of Scania (26/2) and Iveco (21/2).

Sinotruk (3/1) provides October’s sole registration in the tiny 20.5-23t GVM segment. Hino (13/0) retains the category lead ahead of Fuso (8/0).

In the premium 23t-maximum GVM category, Scania (399/42) continues to push further ahead, registering 42 units for the month and boosting its YTD total to 399. Scania’s market share is up from 8.2% in 2019 to 15.1% in 2020 and now to 18.7% YTD in 2022. 

FUSO (268/20) continues to hold second YTD, also showing an increase in market share from 8.8% in 2020 to 12.5% in 2022. Hino (267/36) maintains third ahead of Isuzu (234/23). The rest of the market top 10 also remains unchanged month-on- month with Kenworth (206/27) ranking fifth ahead of UD (180/20), Volvo (143/17), DAF (128/17) and Mercedes-Benz (74/13).

Market leader Patchell remains comfortably ahead in YTD trailer sales, with 126 registrations YTD. Its 20 new regos in October were the highest for the month. 

The rest of the top-10 rankings were unchanged for the month. Fruehauf (112/13) retains second ahead of Roadmaster (93/8), Domett (88/6), MTE (73/4), Transport Trailers (69/9), TMC (64/4), Transfleet (41/5), Freighter (33/3) and Fairfax (31/2).