Cautious hope blossoms from May sales
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For most corners of the UK's commercial vehicle market, May was a month of realised hope, as the rise In home delivery means improved sales of distribution vehicles. Only the tractive unit sector continued to show a decline on year-to-date figures, but even so, a modest 7.3% rise on the month gives ground for careful optimism.
Oaf holds on to the top badge in the truck market, ahead of Wen, Mercedes and Volvo who are all losing ground. MAN has moved into fifth spot, outselling Scania who is without the benefit of high volume light truck sales. Renault VI's year-to-date figures are slowing down as they now compare against the first deliveries of the Midlum last year, but are still healthy.
exception of Vauxhall's shrinking numbers, the big players are getting bigger at the expense of the lower volume sellers such as Flat and VW/Seat.
In the all-important large van market. the Transit continues to strengthen with 36.8% of registra
tions. VW has stolen third spot in the charts from troubled LIN, whose new product range can't appear too soon. Overall in the van stakes, Citroen continues to snap at Vauxhall's heels pending the showroom debut of the Vivare.