Class 8 truck sales continue to improve in March

rookietrucker · Apr 13, 2010

Class 8 truck sales continue to improve in March

Mack Trucks Inc.'s Class 8 sales were up 57.7 percent from the previous month on 831 trucks sold in March, and up a whopping 90.6 percent from the year before, improving Mack's market share 230 basis points. Pictured is the Mack Pinnacle. (Mack Trucks Inc.)

Heavy-duty truck sales in March jumped 21.5 percent from February, and showed the expected modest improvement from the year before.

According to figures provided to The Trucker by Wards Automotive, March Class 8 sales totaled 9,025 trucks in the United States, up from 7,427 trucks the month before. Sales improved 9.8 percent compared to March 2009, the third consecutive month of year-over-year gains.

And, except for last December's year-end rush, the March total was the best in 15 months.

Of course, the comparisons for 2010 versus 2009 should be put in perspective: last year was the worst for big trucks on Wards books going to be 1985. Indeed, other than in 2009, fewer trucks were sold last month than in any March since 2003.

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