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Rigids lead the charge
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Truck and van registrations were up the year-to-date total is down by a q
The June truck and van registrations brought good news for manufacturers with a 53.2% increase on June 2006. SMMT chief executive Christopher Macgowan says: "For trucks, the distorting effects of the introduction of digital tachographs and Euro-4 standards are beginning to fade and orders are up. On that basis we expect a return to the long-term average volumes, though supply constraints continue to complicate the picture."
by more than 50% last month but
uarter, Dylan Gray reports.
Although the year-on-year figure was up so sharply (to 4,220), the rolling year total is down by 21.3% (to 47,300).The year-to-date figure is also down significantly, with a 26.9% fall 10 22,444. Rigid trucks played a major role in increasing June's total, with sales up 82% (to 3,113).The smallest contribution came from three-axle artics, which increased only by 17.7% (to 933).Two-axle artics were the only trucks to suffer falling sales, down 31% (to 174), Leading the registrations for the month was Daf with 912 trucks, followed by Mercedes-Benz (757) and Iveco (506). Scania, MAN and Volvo were all bunched between 300 and 400.
Macgowan reports that the trend is upward and the rolling-year registrations are starting to pick up.
Light CV rolling year registrations rose 2% (to 329,179).The main contributors to the sector's success are medium and heavy vans, with rises of 45.5% and 6.3% respectively.
Light vans suffered a significant drop with rolling-year figures down 25.8% (to 55,614).
June 2007 figures show that, as usual, Ford was leading the pack (with 8,911 registrations) followed by Vauxhall (4,774). Closely bunched behind were Volkswagen, Citroen, Mercedes and Renault, all around the 2,000 mark.s