This time last year Kenworth and Volvo were neck and neck in the race for heavy-duty supremacy in Australia.
When all the 2023 October deliveries were tallied by the Truck Industry Council (TIC), the two giants were just 58 units apart year-to-date (YTD), with Kenworth on 2906 and Volvo on 2848.
Fast forward 12 months and Bayswater has a lot more breathing space with just two months to go in 2024.
In the latest numbers from TIC, Kenworth recorded an impressive 375 sales for October against Volvo’s 272.
That brings Kenworth up to 3078 YTD, up from 2906 in 2023, while Volvo is on 2689, down from its 2848 total at the end of October.
In terms of the heavy-duty market share, that moves Kenworth up to 21.4 per cent (YTD), up from 20.5 in 2023, with Volvo on 18.7 per cent, down from 20 per cent at the same time last year.
Amongst the top five, Isuzu and Scania also carved out bigger YTD market shares after the October numbers were tallied.
Isuzu notched 230 units for the month – despite not having a prime mover in the Australian market – and improved its year-on-year market share to boot, moving from 13.6 per cent up to 14.2.
Scania continued its long run of success this year and also strengthened its YTD market share – up from 7.8 per cent at this time last year to 8.8 per cent at the end of October 2024.
Across the board in the heavies, the total was fractionally down on the same month last year, 1527 vs. 1558, but YTD the numbers are still strong and shaping to be a new annual record for the sector.
Overall, there were 4525 trucks and heavy vans delivered in the month, a 13 per cent increase on the same month last year, when the total came to 3970.
Isuzu again dominated at the top with 1186 deliveries, good enough for 26.2 per cent market share in October.
The October overall figures mean the YTD total is 42,780, which is 3358 more than the same time last year and up 8.5 per cent on the end of October tally in 2023.