December’s heavy truck market more than halved

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December’s heavy truck market more than halved
Striking contrasts seen in last year’s European truck sales fortunes

Published: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 20:03:19 GMT
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West Europe’s heavy truck market was expected to take a severe hammering during the closing months of last year because of the near riotous pre-buying of Euro 5 trucks in the prior year pre-Christmas period.

Fully in line with earlier truck industry forecasts, December’s sales of trucks at 16t GVW and above drove off a cliff.

Acea supplied figures show a more than halving in December sales, thus ending last year with a 6 per cent drop in sales.

-6%
2014 West European drop in sales of trucks over 16T GVW

West Europe’s heavy truck sales slipped back to 185,325 units from the artificially inflated 197,215 still registered during the whole of 2013.

To no one’s surprise in truck industry circles, December’s sales didn’t fall but plunge.

So much so in fact that sales took a severe nosedive in the vast majority of markets.

As it turns out, December sales rose in only three of the 17 markets regularly tracked by the Acea European automobile Manufacturers Association...more

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DATA AVAILABLE TO SUBSCRIBERS WITH THIS ARTICLE:
WEST EUROPEAN NEW TRUCK SALES > 16T GVW by COUNTRY:
DECEMBER 2014 v DECEMBER 2013
12-MONTHS 2014 v 12-MONTHS 2013

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-6% 2014 West European drop in sales of trucks over 16T GVW

-6%
2014 West European drop in sales of trucks over 16T GVW