Volvo has gained significant ground on Kenworth for heavy duty truck sales in September, upping its market share significantly compared to August.

The European manufacturer has closed the gap on the trucking heavyweight, with 286 trucks sold compared to Kenworth’s 382. This equates to a 18.7 per cent market share compared to 25 per cent.

Rounding out the heavy duty sales was Isuzu (207 sold), Scania (113), Mercedes-Benz (111), Mack (76), UD Trucks (71), Hino (68), Fuso (59) and DAF (44).

In the medium duty sector, Isuzu continued its domination across the year to date, selling 350 more trucks for a total of 3101 and 51.5 per cent market share in 2024.

Hino brought up second place with 201 trucks sold, while Fuso had one of its best months yet for medium duty sales with 99 trucks sold.

Iveco (11), Hyundai (11) and UD Trucks (11) rounded out the other significant sales figures.

In the light duty sector, Fiat were the surprise package of the month, selling 230 trucks after having only previously sold 447 total for the rest of the year before September.

Isuzu still led the way for light duty however, finishing with 540 trucks sold for the month. Hino (138), Fuso (128), Iveco (127), Renault (56), Mercedes-Benz (54) and Hyundai (34) all also enjoyed strong sales numbers.

For the month of September, the overall top 10 for sales numbers were: