Trucks in April continued fading growth

The growth of the cargo market continues but at a decelerating pace

According RAMR Russian market of new trucks with GVW over 6 tons (MCV and HCV) in April compared to the same period last year and reached 6.9 thousand, i.e. growth in the same period of last year amounted to 19%. Given the fact that in March of this year, new trucks showed an increase of 27.3 percent, and in February – 39.5%, a trend that is confined to the attenuation of growth.



  In the four months since the beginning of 2018, the market for new trucks rose by 29.8% to 24.8 thousand trucks of Foreign brands in January-April made up with Russian marks parity with sales of 12.4 thousand But if there's a Russian brand since last year have only grown by 12.7%, while foreign cars – by 53.1%. Thus, the share of trucks of the Russian brands in the market decreased by 8% to January-April 2017.



Among the truck brands in the Top 10 for four months of 2018 all showed growth, albeit with different rates.



Leading KAMAZ, which in January-April 2018 sold 8.5 million (+10,4%) machines of which traditionally were in the lead all-wheel drive model KAMAZ-43118 (2,3 THD +9.1%), the second from the base is KAMAZ KAMAZ-65115 (1,7 THD +6,7%), and the third is a new generation of tractor KAMAZ-5490 (1.5 million +5,8%).


  

Most popular KAMAZ-43118 (6x6) is the basis for many special versions

Road KAMAZ-65115 chassis is used as not only for utility vehicles, such as dump trucks, grain 

Long-haul tractor of new generation KAMAZ-5490 continues to gain popularity among domestic carriers

Srednetonnazhnye GAZ sold 2.9 thousand (+16%) most popular of which are the new "Lawn NEXT" (1.9 thousand +7.8 per cent).

Srednetonnazhnye "Gazon NEXT", proposed in various versions, continues to press the old family of the Nizhny Novgorod lapotnikov

Third on the Russian market and at the same time the leader among the freight cars remains a Volvo with a growth of +66.7 percent up to 2 thousand the Most popular model of this brand – new Volvo FH 4x2 (1,5 THD +5,9%).

Trunk of a Volvo FH 4x2 again is popular to a considerable pent-up demand from domestic carriers

Fourth place is also foreign brand Scania (+54,5%) with sales of 1.7 million of Its most popular model is the Serie R 4x2 (0.5 thousand), which is only slightly inferior Serie G (0.5 thousand).

Sales of tractors Scania also doing well, and the manufacturer is gradually increasing the emphasis on the version to natural gas

Fifth place at MAN with 1.5 million (+66.7 percent) and most popular model of this brand – TGX 4x2 18 (0.8 million +3.1 percent).

Truckers MAN TGX 18.360 4x2 popular in Russia throughout from the Western borders to the Far East

  6-m a place – Mercedes-Benz with 1.3 million (+30%). Her bestselling series Actros (1.3 million +5.1 percent).

In Russia both the proposed model generation Actros, which ensured her enough popularity among trucks-cars

On 7-th place – the Belarusian MAZ with 1.2 million (+9.1 per cent). The most popular model of the brand – three-axle (6x4) truck tractor MAZ-6430 (0.2 thousand).

Three-axle fifth wheel tractor MAZ-6430 popular on internal technological transport (in the photo the new budget version of the MAZ-643029-1420-012 with China's 430-horsepower diesel engine Weichei Power WP12.430)

  8-th place – Dutch DAF of 1.0 million (+42.9 percent). The highest sales among the models of this brand were the XF105 4x2 FT (0,9 thousand +3.9 percent).

Tractors DAF, despite the pure imported status is quite popular among domestic carriers

Ninth place is occupied AZ "Ural" with 1.0 million (+11.1 per cent). His perennial bestseller – a series of Ural-4320, which, however, now combines as the old model of "Ural-M", and, as in bonnet and cabover versions and new conventional model Ural NEXT (a total of 0.4 million). It complements tipper model Ural-5557 on the same chassis (0.2 thousand).

Model Ural NEXT in a series of Ural-4320 replaces its predecessors yet not too confident

  rounded out the Top 10 brand Isuzu from 0.9 million (+12,5%). His most popular model is the distribution of srednetonnazhnye NPR75 (0.5 thousand).

Srednetonnazhnye Isuzu Elf 7.5 (NPR75) the most popular on the Russian market (pictured NGV CNG version)

All other brands on the freight market have implemented 2,8 thousand (+a cash consideration of 133,3%)..