Class 8 Truck Sales Begin New Year With 13% Drop
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U.S. Class 8 retail sales started the year on a down slope, losing ground on both a monthly and year-over-year basis, according to data from Wards Intelligence.
January sales decreased 13% to 16,175 units from 18,594 during the prior-year period and slid 28% compared with the 22,383 units moved in December. However, these results are consistent with how sales have been trending for more than a year — Class 8 sales took a 9.9% drop for all of 2024.
Freightliner, a brand of Daimler Truck North America, claimed the largest market share for the month with 6,544 trucks sold, accounting for 40.5% of all sales, but that result marked a 21.5% drop from 8,335 in January 2024. Western Star, another DTNA brand, saw January sales decline 2% to 883 units from 901 last year.
International Motors experienced the largest year-over-year percentage increase, with sales jumping 35.2% to 2,547 units from 1,884.
Mack Trucks’ January sales increases 33.5% to 1,143 from 856 units during the year-ago period, while Volvo Trucks North America saw sales decline 21.5% to 1,117 from 1,423 last year. Mack and VTNA are brands of Volvo Group.
Peterbilt Motors Co. sales fell 22.9% to 2,077 units from 2,694. Kenworth Truck Co. sales dropped 25.2% to 1,860 from 2,486. Peterbilt and Kenworth are Paccar Inc. brands.
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