Truck Sales at Navistar’s International Unit Rise 9% in 2023
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Sales of International-branded trucks totaled 75,500 in 2023, up 9% compared with 2022, the original equipment manufacturer’s parent company said Jan. 22.
Navistar unit International sells Classes 4 through 8 trucks in North America as well as Classes 4 and 5 trucks in Latin America. In the U.S., the company focuses on Classes 6 through 8.
International sold 37,200 Class 8 trucks in 2023, according to the latest Wards Intelligence data.
A subsidiary of Germany’s Traton Group, Navistar sold 88,900 vehicles overall in 2023, a 9% increase compared with 81,900 vehicles in 2022.
Bus sales by Navistar's IC Bus unit, based in Lisle, Ill., rose 4% year-over-year to 13,400 in 2023 from 12,800 in 2022.
A Navistar engine plant in Huntsville, Ala. Navistar sold 88,900 vehicles overall in 2023, a 9% increase compared with 81,900 vehicles in 2022. (Navistar)
Navistar’s incoming orders decreased 29% year-over-year to 60,900 vehicles in 2023 from 86,000 units because most of the orders for 2023 had already been commissioned in 2022, Traton said.
Navistar remained restrictive in its acceptance of new orders for 2024 due to a high order backlog, the parent company said. The company did not give specifics on the backlog.
Traton as a whole sold 338,200 vehicles in 2023, an 11% increase compared with 2022’s 305,500, it said, citing a “very high order backlog, increasingly stable supply chains and a higher production volume.”
The company’s truck business — which includes Scania, MAN Truck & Bus as well as Volkswagen Truck & Bus — saw an 11% rise in sales to 281,300 vehicles from 254,300 a year earlier, it said.
Levin
Scania’s truck sales totaled 91,700 in 2023, up 14% compared with 80,200 vehicles a year earlier. MAN truck sales jumped 44% to 83,700 units from 58,100 in 2022, when production was halted for six weeks at some manufacturing plants.
“Our brands were able to continue stabilizing and increasing production in 2023 and to gradually reduce the high order backlog. This allowed us to lift our unit sales by an impressive 11% year-on-year and hit a new record,” Traton CEO Christian Levin said.
“Although supply chains had not completely regained their stability, we managed to deliver vehicles to our customers with shorter lead times,” Levin said, adding: “Demand in Europe is continuing to return to normal, and our order books are well filled, with enough orders to last us into the second half of the year.”
On a global basis, incoming orders of trucks fell 23% in 2023 to 210,600 from 274,300 in 2022, Munich-based Traton said.
Traton is scheduled to issue full earnings for 2023 on March 5.
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