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Truck sales surge Iveco Ford slips
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• CV registrations rose by over 13.5% in March to 36,186 — the highest level for the month since 1973.
With a 0.28% fall in registrations compared with March 1988, Iveco Ford's lead in the trucks and artics sector has been cut back slightly. Leyland Daf is creeping closer to Iveco Ford's 4,610 year-to-date figure, with a 3.8% increase over 1988 to 3,743.
But Mercedes-Benz (up 21.2% on last year), Volvo (up 20.8%), Scania (up 43.7%) and ERF (up 26.2%) are putting the top two truck manufacturers under increasing pressure in the market.
ERF's performance follows an excellent 49.2% rise for 1988 as a whole. Renault's return is again disappointing; down 0.72% to 1,097 registrations so far this year.
Registrations of MAN-VWs have climbed by 20% in the first quarter to 3,784, helped by healthy light vehicle sales.
Foden's truck sales show a first quarter rise from 262 in 1988 to 491 this year.
In the UK van market, Ford has tightened its grip on panelvan sales, with the Transit van capturing almost half of the market so far in 1989 with an impressive 35.7% rise.
CJ The proportion of topweight tractors on UK roads continues to surge, according to the Department of Transport's 1988 vehicle census. There were 51,000 HGVs plated to operate above 33 tonnes GVW, an increase of 26% on 1987.
The number of light CVs (up to 3.5 tonnes GVW) rose 17% during the year, to 21,000.
There was a far less dramatic increase in the number of vehicles in the middleweight sector (between 3.5 tonnes and 33 tonnes GVW) with the total fleet increasing by 3.1% to 386,000.