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January U.S. Class 8 retail truck sales of 14,119 were up by more than 50 percent from last year's 9,236, according to figures from Ward's Communications. Class 7 sales weren't up quite as dramatically, up 14 percent to 3,568 compared to 3,124 a year ago, and Class 6 sales rose 19 percent from 2,524 to 3,004.
In Class 8, Daimler Trucks North America had the largest market share, selling 4,754 Freightliners and Western Stars for 34 percent. Paccar was a close second at 4,026 Kenworths and Peterbilts (about evenly split between the two nameplates), for 29 percent share. International sold 3,376 Class 8 trucks for a 24 percent piece of the pie, and Volvo sold 1,961 Mack and Volvo trucks for 14 percent.
In Class 7, Daimler again came out on top with 1,331 for 37 percent share, with International close behind at 1,274 and 36 percent. Paccar sold 576 Class 7 trucks, the majority Peterbilt, for 16 percent. Volvo sold 16 UD-brand trucks.
In Class 6, Daimler led with 1,325 for 44 percent, followed by International at 1201 for 40 percent and Paccar at 126 for 4 percent. Volvo sold 12 UD trucks.
In Class 5, Ford was the big winner with 1,994, 60 percent of the 3,328 trucks sold in January. Chrysler had 885 with its Dodge/Ram brand, for close to 27 percent, followed by International at 257 (8 percent), Isuzu at 156 (5 percent), Daimler at 32 and Volvo/UD at 4.