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According to a report by WardsAuto.com, the retail sales of commercial vehicles in the 4-7 class in November in the United States showed that two lighter segments supported the mid-sized market. The overall sales of this segment increased by 1.7% to 18,637 from 18,318 vehicles last year. Vehicles.

The total sales of 4-5 classes increased by 15.4% to 10,270. Sales of Class 5 were 8,246 units. Ford dominates with 4,553 sales, accounting for 55% of the market. Class 4 sales reached 2,024 units, led by 691 trucks from Isuzu Commercial Trucks of the United States.

Sales of category 7 vehicles fell 9.5% to 3,576 units-the lowest level this year. Freightliner is a division of Daimler Trucks North America, accounting for 1,843 of them, accounting for a 51.5% share.

Compared with the same period last year, Class 6 sales dropped by 12.3% to 4,791. Ford Motor Company leads with 1,732 units, followed by Freightliner with 1,620 units. The two companies together account for 69.9% of the share.

Some of them can be traced back to Navistar, a subsidiary of Traton SE, which manufactures international brands. Steve Tam, the vice president of ACT’s research department, said that when its fiscal year ends in October, it will increase its efforts to promote year-end sales, “and they play in the 4-5 grade space. The effect is not big," but it has a strong performance in the classroom every year 6-7.

At the same time, Tam said that medium-sized orders exceeded 20,000 vehicles. Although the figures for November are the same as those of a month ago, they are all down from the previous orders, with an average of about 25,000 orders per month.

"It is a challenge for them to obtain all the raw materials to make trucks," Tan said, referring to the continuing shortage of parts throughout the supply chain.

Year-to-date, mid-size sales increased by 12.5% ​​year-on-year to 217,318 units, compared with 193,246 units in the same period last year.

WM "Rusty" Rush, Chairman, CEO and President of Rush Enterprises, said on a recent earnings call that he does not believe that the output of Grade 4-7 will not grow as rapidly as Grade 8.

"We are very happy that Hino Trucks resumed production. But we don't expect the other mid-sized manufacturers we represent to significantly increase production for some time," he said.

Hino Motors announced in December last year that its board of directors suspended truck production in North America until the end of September 2021 due to the U.S. requirements for certification of several of its engines.

Hino said that sales of new cars in the United States and Canada were delayed at that time.

The suspension affects the operations of the Hino Motor Manufacturing U.S. plant in Mineral Wells, West Virginia, and the Hino Motors Canada plant in Woodstock, Ontario.

According to Wozzi, Hino sold 151 medium-sized trucks in the United States in November; 144 people in 6 categories, 6 people in 5 categories, and 1 person in 4 categories.

Rush sells trucks from Paccar Inc.'s Peterbilt Motors Co. brand; international; Hino; Isuzu. And Ford.

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