Heavy duty Trucks are here
The continual flourishing sales of heavy-duty trucks are beyond the expectation of many analysts. Undoubtedly, heavy-duty trucks became the largest highlight in the market for motor vehicles during the first quarter of 2008, their sales added up to 167,232 sets with a year-on-year growth rate of 58.70 percent, thus making trucks the type with the largest growth margin in the respective markets for the 4 major types of motor vehicles and the only type having seen an increase of market shares. During the first quarter, altogether 29,953 heavy-duty trucks were sold with a growth rate of 72.78 percent year on year.
What is noteworthy is that in the market for heavy-duty truck for sale, the higher the tonnage of heavy-duty trucks of a type is, the smaller the growth rate will be and medium- and heavy-duty motor vehicles began to sell like hot cakes, which is in contrary to the case in 2007. Both the proportion and market demands for those series of heavy-duty trucks with a total mass of 19~30 tons are improving steadily while both the proportion and growth rate of those heavy-duty trucks with a larger tonnage and a total mass larger than 32 tons decrease, and demands for such trucks present a decreasing trend in the market. As analyzed, the main reason is that many clients engaged in long-distance transportation begin to purchase motor vehicles with a light kerb weight under the influence of charging by weight. During the first quarter, altogether 75,194 incomplete vehicles were sold with a year-on-year growth rate of 64.32 percent. In the market for heavy-duty incomplete vehicles, the higher the tonnage of heavy-duty trucks of a type is, the larger the growth rate will be; and products with a large tonnage sell like hot cakes. Such a phenomenon is right in contrary to the case for heavy-duty complete vehicles. The proportion of chassis for those series of quasi heavy-duty vehicles with a total mass between 14 tons and 19 tons is increasingly decreasing, and the growth rate has been slow in recent years. The demands for those series of heavy-duty vehicles with a total mass larger than 19 tons and no less than 32 tons increase steadily and the proportion of such vehicles is the largest, and the demands for such vehicles are flourishing in the market. The proportion of those series of heavy-duty trucks with a total mass larger than 32 tons is the smallest, but demands for such vehicles have been increasing most rapidly in recent years.
During the first quarter, altogether 62,085 semi-trailer towing vehicles were sold and the year-on-year growth rate amounted to 46.85 percent, making semi-trailer towing vehicles a type with the lowest growth rate of distribution among three types of heavy-duty trucks. The main reasons include that the demands for such a type of heavy-duty trucks increased too rapidly last year and that the base was excessively large. In the market for semi-trailer towing vehicles, the growth rate and proportion of the demands for such series of quasi-towing vehicles with a total mass larger than 25 tons and no more than 40 tons are the largest. It can be said that any enterprise seizing the market for trucks falling into those series of heavy-duty trucks with such a tonnage will grasp the market for semi-towing vehicles as a whole. Heavy duty trucks are many diffrent models International truck, sterling truck, Chevrolet truck etc.
