Registrations of new commercial vehicles (trucks and special vehicles) in March 2024 increased by 31% compared to the same month in 2023 – up to 1056 units, which is also 3% (or 31 vehicles) more than in February this year, Ukravtoprom reports on its Telegram channel.
According to the report, the TOP-5 brands of the new commercial vehicle market last month included: Renault – 370 units; MAN – 84 units; Citroen – 67 units; Peugeot – 64 units; and Volkswagen – 58 units.
As reported with reference to Ukravtoprom data, in March 2023, 805 trucks and special vehicles were sold in Ukraine, compared to 108 in the same month in 2022. The top five were Renault (160 units), Mercedes-Benz (93 units), Citroen and Volvo (68 units each), and Scania (60 units).
According to the association, in the first quarter of 2024, almost 2.9 thousand new vehicles were added to the Ukrainian fleet of trucks and special vehicles, which is 28% more than in the same period in 2023.
At the same time, according to AUTO-Consulting, in the segment of trucks with a gross vehicle weight of more than 3.5 tons, sales in March 2024 decreased by 32%, or 144 units, compared to March 2023 – to 305 units. Scania was the leader with sales of 56 trucks, while MAN’s sales amounted to 33 units.
In 2023, according to Ukravtoprom, registrations of new commercial vehicles in Ukraine increased by 65% compared to 2022, to 11.3 thousand units. At the same time, the segment of trucks over 3.5 tons, according to AUTO-Consulting, increased by 56.5%, to 4,853 units.