Ford. Ambling down.
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Leyland and Merc scale new heights
• Leyland and MercedesBenz are maintaining their growth in the declining UK truck market, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.
Figures show a 5.2% fall in truck registrations last month, from 5,618 to 5,324, while for the first four months of the year the fall is of 4%.
Leyland's leadership of the market after four months is up from 14.6% last year to 17.8% and comes as it announces a 219 million cut in the truck company's loss last year. It cut 229 million from its loss in 1984.
Mercedes, which reached third place for the first time last year, is now in second place with market share up from 11.2% to 13.5%.
Ford is now dragging behind in third place with market share down from 16.8% to 13% while Iveco, with whom its range will be merged in July, increased its share from 3.5% to 3.9%. On current performance, Iveco Ford is unlikely to topple Leyland from market leadership.
Bedford's collapse in the truck market is underlined by its fall over four months from 13.6% last year to only 10%.
It is followed by Volvo (down from 8.9% to 8.4%), Renault/Dodge (down from 9.2% to 8%), MAN-VW (up from 2.9% to 6.2%), Daf (from 5.5% to 5.6%) and Scania (level at 5.3%).
ERF's market share is down from 3% to 2.7%, Foden's is up from 0.9% to 1.2%, Dennis's is down from 0.9% to 0.8% and Seddon Atkinson's is steady at 3.1%.
Registrations of new 1.8 to 3.5-tonne vans were up by 16.9% last month, from 10,034 to 11,732.