U.S. heavy-duty truck sales hit year's high in September: WardsAuto

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Sales of Class 8 trucks, which have three or more axles, rose to 19,126 in September but were still down nearly 33% compared with the same month last year, when volumes touched 28,258 units.

Daimler (DE:DAIGn) Trucks North America’s Freightliner sold 7,713 units, the highest among all truckmakers, but was down 33.8% compared with a year earlier.

Paccar Inc ‘s (O:PCAR) Kenworth reported second-highest sales of 2,800 units, down 26.9% from the 2019 period.

Volvo Trucks North America, a unit of Volvo AB (ST:VOLVb), became the only truckmaker to report an increase in sales which rose 0.5% to 1,960 trucks.