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Tough year for commercial vehicles sees market fall 5.9%

“While 2012 has been a challenging year for the UK commercial vehicle market with heavy trucks the only sector performing positively during the year,” said Paul Everitt, SMMT Chief Executive. “The commercial vehicle market ended 5.9% down on 2011 as business confidence wavered. Vans have struggled all year with just under 240,000 registered while truck volumes tailed-off towards the end of the year. We look forward to 2013 being a better year for the commercial vehicle market with a host of new products and innovative technologies boosting registrations.”

	December	% change	Year-to-date	% change	Rolling year	% change
Vans	15,805	-14.2%	239,641	-7.9%	239,641	-7.9%
Trucks	3,579	-22.4%	45,702	6.4%	45,702	6.4%
Total	19,384	-15.8%	285,343	-5.9%	285,343	-5.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heavy Commercial Vehicles December 2012

The top-weight rigids pulled the truck market down in December to bring a disappointing 2012 to a close. Are the 2013 order books looking better for the truck manufacturers?  We can only hope so, as the trend for truck registrations across the board in the UK is down and we aren’t heading for a ‘triple dip’ in the truck market and economy as a whole.

		Trucks · Rolling year: up 6.42 to 45,702. · Month: down -22.38% to 3,579. ·YTD: up 6.42% to 45,702.
Rigids ·Rolling year: up 16.64% to 28,605 ·Month: down –32.05% to 1,836. ·YTD: up 16.64% at 28,605.
	Rigids 3.5 to 6T   ·Rolling year: up 28.77% to 7,126. ·Month: down -21.70% to 397. ·YTD: up 28.77% to 7,126.
Rigids 6.01T to 16T   ·Rolling year: up 15.22% to 9,738. ·Month: down -26.33% to 733. ·YTD: up 15.22% to 9,738.
	. Rigids above 16T   ·Rolling year: up 11.42% to 11,741. ·Month: down -41.17% to 706. ·YTD: up 11.42% to 11,741.
All artics   · Rolling year: down –7.18% to 17,097. · Month: down -8.70% to 1,743. · YTD: down -7.18% to 17,097.

The Manufacturers’ Market

A disappointing month from market leader, DAF spoilt what was otherwise an excellent year, leaving the company 13% up in a market up 6% overall.  Conversely, Scania had a great December, 71% up on 2011 giving an overall 14% growth and gaining the Swedes two positions up the market share league table to third place.  Other good performances were seen from Isuzu Trucks – up 21% and Mitsubishi Fuso – up 23% – is the market starting to favour smaller, higher payload trucks?

 

HEAVY COMMERCIAL VEHICLES 6t and Above

	Marque	Dec-12	Dec-11	% Change	YTD-12	%	YTD-11	%	% Change
1	DAF TRUCKS (1) [1]	684	1,367	-49 96	11,153	28 91	9,863	26 36	13 08
2	MERCEDES (2) [2]	665	945	-29 63	6,422	16 65	6,326	16 91	1 52
3	SCANIA (3) [5]	443	258	71 71	4,652	12 06	4,071	10 88	14 27
4	MAN (4) [3]	363	570	-36 32	4,324	11 21	4,772	12 76	-9 39
5	VOLVO TRUCKS (5) [4]	362	374	-3 21	3,976	10 31	4,624	12 36	-14 01
6	IVECO (6) [6]	212	236	-10 17	2,908	7 54	2,834	7 58	2 61
7	RENAULT TRUCKS (7) [7]	158	153	3 27	2,555	6 62	2,763	7 39	-7 53
8	ISUZU TRUCKS (8) [8]	70	53	32 08	873	2 26	720	1 92	21 25
9	DENNIS EAGLE (9) [9]	65	66	-1 52	748	1 94	664	1 77	12 65
10	MITSUBISHI FUSO (10) [10]	145	72	101 39	735	1 91	597	1 60	23 12
11	HINO (11) [11]	7	10	-30 00	198	0 51	141	0 38	40 43
12	OTHER IMPORTS (12) [12]	8	0	0 00	31	0 08	24	0 06	29 17

Figures in () brackets denote last month’s position [ ] denote end of 2011 position

 Light Commercial Vehicles December 2012

December was shocking all round for van registrations, the heavier vans performing badly with the smallest vans performing the best. The van makers can only hope that this month starts a better year in 2013.

All Vans to 3.5T ·Rolling year: down -7.88% to 239,641. ·Month: down -14.17% to 15,805. ·YTD: down -7.88% to 239,641.
	Light vans to 2t ·Rolling year: down  -11.35% to 40,392. · Month: down -11.41% to 2,601. · YTD: down -11.35% to 40,392
Vans 2 to 2.5T   ·Rolling year: down -8.50% to 31.017 ·Month: down -18.36% to 1,956 ·YTD: down -8.50% to 31,017.
	Vans 2.5 to 3.5T   ·Rolling year: down -7.00% to 137,498 ·Month: down -15.54% to 9,222 ·YTD: down -7.00% to 137,498.

The Manufacturers’ Market

Peugeot come out the clear winners in the 2012 van manufacturer table.  Rising to a solid fourth place above Mercedes-Benz with 10% growth over 2011 in a shrinking market is a good performance.  Mercedes perhaps do not deserve to lose the place with an 8% growth figure, but are set to retake fourth and set their sights on third spot as the Citan comes on line this year.  Also notable is Volkswagen’s place as the second largest van seller in the UK, overhauling Vauxhall in the early part of the year and maintaining the position throughout 2012.  December saw Mini register a further 62 Clubvans, making it the 15^th largest manufacturer in December.  Certainly one to watch for this year.

Marque	Dec-12	Dec-11	% Chg	YTD-12	%	YTD-11	%	% Chg
Ford (1) [1]	3,187	3,806	-16 26	62,372	26 03	70,226	26 99	-11 18
Volkswagen (2) [3]	2,494	2,873	-13 19	30,956	12 92	31,716	12 19	-2 40
Vauxhall (3) [2]	1,867	2,447	-23 70	26,524	11 07	33,514	12 88	-20 86
Peugeot (4) [6]	1,470	1,304	12 73	21,272	8 88	19,328	7 43	10 06
Mercedes (5) [4]	1,854	1,714	8 17	21,055	8 79	19,495	7 49	8 00
Citroen (6) [7]	1,101	1,011	8 90	18,379	7 67	17,275	6 64	6 39
Renault (7) [5]	934	1,949	-52 08	14,710	6 14	19,382	7 45	-24 10
Nissan (8) [8]	564	691	-18 38	10,136	4 23	10,854	4 17	-6 62
Toyota (9) [9]	469	572	-18 01	7,747	3 23	8,391	3 23	-7 67
Fiat (10) [10]	369	519	-28 90	7,060	2 95	8,130	3 13	-13 16
Land Rover (11) [12]	376	417	-9 83	5,917	2 47	6,209	2 39	-4 70
Mitsubishi (12) [11]	261	407	-35 87	4,853	2 03	7,341	2 82	-33 89
Iveco (13) [13]	358	316	13 29	3,593	1 50	3,628	1 39	-0 96
Isuzu (14) [14]	282	221	27 60	2,762	1 15	2,431	0 93	13 62
Great Wall  (15) [20]	28	0	0.00	476	0 20	7	0 00	6700 00
Renault Trucks (16) [16]	58	86	-32 56	476	0 20	588	0 23	-19 05
Other imports (17) [17]	19	21	-9 52	427	0 18	567	0 22	-24 69
Hyundai (18) [15]	7	37	-81 08	379	0 16	677	0 26	-44 02
Isuzu Trucks (19) [18]	18	14	28 57	248	0 10	199	0 08	24 62
Mitsubishi Fuso (20) [19)	11	10	10 00	155	0 06	190	0 07	-18 42
MINI (22) [N/A]	62	0	0.00	86	0 04	0	0 00	0.00
SSANGYONG (21) [21]	16	0	0.00	58	0 02	4	0 00	1350 00

Figures in () brackets denote last month’s position [ ] denote end of 2011 position

Ford dominated the market for heavy vans in 2012, more than doubling their 2011 registrations with Fiat also putting on a good show 20% ahead of their previous year’s performance.  Mercedes-Benz and Iveco enjoyed less success in this sector, the latter down 21% for the year in a market sector where they were once very strong.

Marque	Dec-12	Dec-11	% Change	YTD-12	%	YTD-11	%	% Change
Ford (1) [2]	87	100	-13 00	2,879	40 40	1,381	24 95	108 47
FIAT (2) [3]	70	75	-6 67	1,416	19 87	1,171	21 16	20 92
MERCEDES (3) [1]	137	185	-25 95	1,367	19 18	1,458	26 35	-6 24
IVECO (4) [4]	50	53	-5 66	444	6 23	567	10 25	-21 69
PEUGEOT (5) [5]	9	21	-57 14	359	5 04	354	6 40	1 41
VOLKSWAGEN (6) [6]	24	17	41 18	251	3 52	221	3 99	13 57
RENAULT (7) [8]	9	38	-76 32	215	3 02	113	2 04	90 27
OTHER IMPORTS (8) [7]	5	4	25 00	83	1 16	140	2 53	-40 71
VAUXHALL (9) [9]	2	3	-33 33	73	1 02	51	0 92	43 14
ISUZU TRUCKS (10) [10]	2	4	-50 00	21	0 29	40	0 72	-47 50
RENAULT TRUCKS (11) [12)	1	4	-75 00	8	0 11	5	0 09	60 00
NISSAN (12) [13]	1	0	0.00	6	0 08	11	0 20	-45 45
CITROEN (13) [11]	0	2	-100 00	4	0 06	18	0 33	-77 78