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LCV SALES FIGURES: Has the market passed its peak?
Date: Monday, March 12, 2018
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It was a good year for Toyota, which saw sales up by 27.2%. Other brands recording rises included Mitsubishi (20.2%), Peugeot (9.0%), Fiat (6.4%) and Mercedes-Benz (5.8%).
Not faring so well were Iveco, Vauxhall and Renault, with falls of 28.2%, 24.8% and 24.0% respectively.
Vauxhall in particular endured a bruising year as it dropped two places in the sales chart to fifth, being overtaken by Peugeot and Mercedes.
The Luton-based brand is in a state of limbo at the moment as it awaits to see what direction its new owner – PSA Peugeot-Citroen – will take it in.
An early clue is in the reveal of the Combo Life, the passenger-carrying version of Vauxhall’s light van, which will be assembled on PSA’s light van platform. It would appear likely, therefore, that Vauxhall’s other main products – the Vivaro medium van and Movano large van – which are currently based on Renault’s Trafic and Master respectively, will in future switch to PSA platforms to be built alongside the Citroen Dispatch and Peugeot Expert in the case of the Vivaro and the Relay and Boxer when it comes to the Movano.
There were two new names in the top 20 manufacturer table for 2017. MAN, with its debut van the VW Crafter-based TGE, and Dacia, which sells the 4x4 Duster Commercial, replaced Land Rover and Great Wall. Sales were modest, though, of just 68 and 62 units respectively.
The Ford Transit Custom was by far last year’s best-selling van, with 51,885 registrations, ahead of its Transit sibling on 27,062, and the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter with 23,588.
Other notable performers were the new-generation Citroen Dispatch, which jumped seven places in the top 25 table to 18, its sibling the Peugeot Expert, which was a new entry at number 20, and the Ford Transit Courier, which was another new entry at 25.
Dropping out of the top 25 were the Vauxhall Movano and VW Caddy Maxi.
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