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U.S. Class 8 retail sales in October improved 34.5% compared with a year earlier, Wards Intelligence reported as all but one truck maker notched higher sales.
Sales were 22,863 compared with 17,002 a year earlier.
Among the truck makers with higher sales, all but one climbed by double digits.
Peterbilt Motors Co. saw sales rise the most, by 49.1% to 3,384, good for a 14.8% market share. Kenworth Truck Co. increased sales by 47.3% to 3,028 and earned a 13.2% share. Peterbilt and Kenworth are brands of Paccar Inc.
Consistent market leader Freightliner improved sales by 38.9% to 9,056 and pulled down a 39.6% share. Freightliner is a brand of Daimler Truck North America.
Volvo Trucks North America saw sales rise 33% to 2,606 and earned an 11.4% share. International posted a 29.1% increase in sales to 3,042 and notched a 13.3% share. International is a brand of Navistar Inc., a unit of Traton Group.
Mack Trucks improved sales by 3.9% to 1,328 and earned a 5.8% share. Mack and VTNA are units of Volvo Group.
Western Star, a unit of DTNA, posted the only decline as sales fell 25.7% to 419 and earned a 1.8% share.
Year-to-date sales climbed 11.8% to 202,088 compared with 180,685 in the 2021 period.
The 10-month market shares for most truck makers fell slightly. Freightliner’s was flat. Peterbilt improved to 15.1% compared with 14.7% a year earlier. VTNA rose to 11% compared with 9.1% a year earlier.
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